In the hustle and bustle of the work week and the weekend, it’s entirely possible you missed a big news story in the online video world. I know I did. So each week we go through and find the best of our own ReelSEO stories, as well as a selection of the best stories from our favorite online video sites, and bring it all to you in a simple, easy-to-navigate list

This week there's a lot of little news along with a couple big news items, including what Mark Burnett is doing with his upcoming reality TV shows to make them more social and interactive and the new YouTube app for Xbox Live. We look at both of these, especially the new YouTube app and several of the implications it has for the future of online video consumption and those who create online video.

I just got the big list of all new apps this week on the Xbox 360 dashboard.

If you have an Xbox 360 and are in the Xbox Live preview program, you can now be a beta participant in YouTube's new app for the console .

So the new Xbox dashsboard is available and with it came some updated video streaming apps for Hulu Plus and Netflix . The updates fixed a lot of things that I had talked about as being problems like getting so deep into a menu that you had to pick up a controller to continue.

So it has come to pass, Verizon will offer TV channels through the Xbox 360 as one of the Xbox LIVE TV channels. However, it seems sort of useless if you're already a subscriber or if you're interested in coughing up a bunch more cash as an existing Xbox 360 owner. Verizon has stated that next month they will begin offering 26 channels through an app on the Xbox 360 for subscribers.

Warner Bros is continuing its big online video moves with a new partnership with LOVEFiLM , a leading European film subscription service, combining the benefits of DVD

Remember when I was writing about Sony the other day, well really it was about Google TV and stuff, but I mentioned that Howard Stringer, the Sony CEO, was talking about big R&D in a new TV. Well, some speculation has launched into what that will be now and it seems that they want to cut your cable for you and give you video through an online service.

Man, gaming consoles have way more capabilities than when I was playing my Sega Genesis nonstop back in the day.

I’ve recently received a bunch of really cool gear here at the home office and need to talk about it. But first I had to assemble it all into a usable and versatile system that then allowed me to watch video from just about any source.