No. The Escapist does NOT allow their videos to be downloaded. They do have a youtube page which lets them put up teaser and old episode content to increase web traffic and that is the point.

Normally there are two schools of increasing web traffic. The first follows the escapist where you have to visit the site to see the content. The second follows GT model which allows users to download their video and share the content on their site.

The former is really good to ensure a stable community where if you want content you have to go to the site directly. Having consistent content weekly like the escapist is good because one can monitor what is going on to see which days are bigger than others.

The latter isn't as stable but can bring in some huge numbers. Allowing the community to share videos online using their own New Media means(blogs and the like)means that GT will get traffic from their community and be able to link their work to the GT site.