British demand for online video sites has shot up over the past year, according to a new report.Written by research firm Hitwise it found that UK internet traffic to video websites was up 40.7%.YouTube is the most popular destination, followed by the BBC iPlayer and Google Video.UK traffic to iPlayer has increased by 152.1% over the last 12 months, peaking over Christmas 2008, and is now the 22nd most visited UK website.Hitwise’s director of research, Robin Goad, told the BBC that video was now a key component of the online landscape.
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