Its time for a quick round up of news about our favorite online video sites:

YouTube site redesign: After their news about supportng HTML5 and starting their own rental services, what else does YouTube have to announce?   Well, the left the best for last by announcing a major site redesign.The new look is opt-in through YouTube’s TestTube labs for right now, but it looks great, making it much easier to focus on the video you’re watching than be distracted with comments, descriptions, user information or ratings.

Hulu charging??: Hulu, the video site with the funny TV commericals, is considering charging for content.  According to an article on Geek.com, “Apparently the companies behind Hulu, which include NBC Universal, News Corp., Walt Disney Co. and Providence Equity Partners, have been looking for new ways of generating revenue from the content being offered. One idea that looks like it may stick is to start charging a subscription if you want to watch shows deemed as “old”.”  The kicked around price? $4.99/month.  We’ll be watching to see if this happens or not.

Boxee may start charging too: Following in Hulu’s footsteps, online service Boxee may start charging as well.  According to their official blog, “Users want to see more content on Boxee. Content owners want to be paid for what they produce (whether that’s TV Shows, movies, music, or applications). We don’t believe these are conflicting interests. This is why we plan to release a Payment Platform this summer where users will be able to make purchases with one click on the remote. The content partners we launch with will offer shows, movies and channels that were previously not available to Boxee users.”  No formal pricing on this as yet.  The blog mentions a “small fee” only.

With the Internet becoming the 1st mode of entertainment in homes today, its no shock that the online video distribution sites are trying to step up their game with new looks, and new fees.  We’ll see what happens next.