For the first time, HTTP traffic has overtaken the one of P2P. Currently, HTTP traffic is 46% and P2P has decreased 65% in two years to the current 37%. There is just a reason for that: YouTube and the akin.
Joost, Babelgum, Stage6, Zattoo…. there are tons of ways of watching video on the Web, not to forget Apple TV and Microsoft Mediaroom which aim to become new ways of moving the TV out of the living room. So what is the situation in Spain? For a better analysis I recommend this great post in Caspa TV that has been a basis for this one. YouTube is the leader but there are many others coming along.
In my opinion, once YouTube will deliver its Spanish version, it will still keep as the leader. This has happened with products such as Microsoft MSN which stayed still as the ruling champion of IM or Hotmail, which, despite the excellence of Gmail, many people still reject to leave.
What is very clear is the stardom of User Generated Content Video. I am not sure how TV 2.0 will be, but for sure, we will be part of it.
(Yes, the picture is Boston Commons Park… no big relationship with the text 
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Big Numbers in P2P at Kaizen Bits | 19-Sep-07 at 5:04 am | Permalink
[...] Not oly numbers are growing for http video streaming, but also P2P is simply a reliable better alternative to watch video. Actually, there is much more going on, particularly on TV torrents, “When ‘piracy’ is easier than legal purchase“ ,or with these interesting set of posts (in Spanish). [...]