YouTube's Official Channel helps you discover what's new & trending globally. Watch must-see videos, from music to culture to Internet phenomena A one-minute animated video showing an example of a media production process. Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. [1] Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) systems, which, in turn, were replaced by flat-panel displays of several types.