Video collection and distribution system with interested item notification and download on demand

A video jukebox system, comprising:

• a plurality of computerized file server stations interconnected in a network by first data links, with individual ones of the file server stations also connected to video input apparatus;
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• a plurality of client computer stations connected by second data links to individual ones of the file server stations;
• wherein each file server station with a video input apparatus accepts video clippings from the video input apparatus, stores the clippings in a database in digital form, and shares the video clippings with other file servers in the network over the first data links, and wherein individual ones of the file servers store details of client interests provided by the clients, notify connected clients of new video clippings available conforming to the stored details of client interests, and downloads the video clippings directly to the client computer stations on demand.