Over the weekend, for example, the second most-watched clip on the uber-video site was a montage of a French-speaking reporter named Melissa Theuriau. Okay, the title of the video, "the most beautiful news anchor in the world" may have helped draw the over 215,000 (lonely male) viewers to stream the clip.

But what about Finland's answer to American Idol, "Finish Idol," which has recently swept YouTube? One of Finnish singer Ari Koivunen's solo numbers was seen over 84,000 times in 48 hours.

One of the most surprising foreign sensations is "Włatcy Móch," a Polish animated series that's been likened to "South Park." Posted three days ago, one episode, which seems to involve four kids watching a violent movie and getting into trouble at school, has been seen 150,000 times in the last three days. Is it funny? Who knows... I don't speak Polish. Either way, there's a lot of Poles eager for pirated clips of "Włatcy Móch" or in the wake of Viacom's clampdown on YouTube, "South Park" fans are settling for this similarly crude Polish alternative.

And in the wake of Turkey's blocking access to YouTube last month, the site is suddenly awash in episodes from Turkish TV shows. On Sunday, for example, on YouTube's "Film and Animation" channel, the most watched video was the trailer for "Spider-Man 3," but the next seven most popular videos were all clips from the same Turkish TV series, "Sila." Other Turkish programs, such as "Hatirla Sevgili" and "Binbir" are also drawing steady numbers.

And that's not to mention the popular Japanese manga animated series such as "Naruto," "Katekyo Hitman REBORN!" and "Bleach," which are all over YouTube.

Forget satellite. It's all here on the web, connecting the world one clip at a time.