Over $1 million was awarded last year to winners of online video contests. We talk with vidopp.com founder Douglas Ireland about the opportunities every video professional should know about. He also gives some advice on how to win.

We answered 5,654 listener questions- the most we’ve ever done since our inception in March of 2005….that is alot of questions! Total download for all podcasts- 1,223,880 times. Total website visits 2,657,870.

Clearly this has been a great year and we’re ready for more in 2009!

Whoever thought selling your content online would be profitable? After all, everyone is creating photos, video and audio and just sticking them online to generate traffic to their websites. Viral video is where it’s at they say.

Ummm, no it’s not. Licensing your content is where the money is.

Stop giving away your stuff to freeloaders and start making some serious income with your videos with help from LicenseStream.

We go behind the scenes of Rankin Bass Productions - the company most noted for their stop-motion animation specials like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Frosty Christmas specials. How did they do stop motion animation back then with such limited resources? We talk with Rick Goldschmidt, the official historian for Rankin/Bass Productions, to learn more.

Beat the system and get the best price when shopping online for video equipment. We have the secrets and tricks guaranteed to you save you money. Retailers don’t want you to know about this stuff- and it’s all legal. Surprisingly most people accept the prices they see online and move on while others can save $50 to $100 dollars, free shipping and a good percentage off of what others pay.

Video business start up. Do it right and reap the profits. Do it wrong and you’re sunk - mad clients, debt, legal problems and a wife on your back who is about to build a dog house for you. On this first edition in a series of 4 podcasts we get into the steps needed to successfully start your own video production business.

Navarre Joseph from ribbitfilms.com helps us answer listener questions on getting the best green screen: What color is best green or blue? HD or DV - which gives a better key? Differences between fabric paper or paint. How to take care of the spill on your subject, 4:1:1 or 4:2:2? Lighting tips, software tips - everything you would need to get the perfect key.

We speak with Marc Prager, Vice President, Creative Services & Strategy of TurnHere to do a bit of digging in the world of web-based video production they have played such a key role in exploding over the past year.

Making tons of money with a stock footage site on steroids. Are matte boxes really worth it? How do I up convert VHS to HD, ferrite collars and firewire cables what does it all mean? Fixing dark video, Windows XP or Vista for video editing and converting UDF formatted DVDs to Quicktime.

Paranormal videographers, the Open Video Project, archiving VHS tape, auto focus versus manual focus during live events and DVD playback fixes.