VEVO has now launched, with YouTube and Universal pushing the glowing green button.
You can visit the website here. The website is lagging quite badly at the moment, so be patient.
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Youtube’s upcoming music video website is going to be a damned impressive creation. VEVO, the service’s name, is a partnership with Universal that will be launched tonight.
At a party in NYC details are being released. It turns out that some 85% of the music videos that are on YouTube will be hosted via VEVO. Sadly, for all the cinematography fans, VEVO will not be launching with HD video, that will be coming next year.
The service, to build buzz will be launching with exclusives from 50 Cent, and Mariah Carey. VEVO will be fully built into YouTube, so that when you search for an artist on YouTube, VEVO content will appear.
Ben Parr has found out that: “You won’t have to watch a preroll every time you watch a VEVO video. It will serve ads based on aggregate usage.” Color me happy.
More as we have it.
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Launch sponsors are AT&T, McDonald’s, Nikon, Mastercard, Dove, Colgate, Axe, and Infinit.
The website seems to be US only at the moment. Testing in the UK shows at least that the website does not work there.
I’m sure once the rush dies down, it will be better. However, a lot of people can’t even get to the page. I got to it but can’t load any videos. There isn’t enough bandwidth, and that’s disappointing considering all the buzz they drummed up including getting celebs to tweet about it.
Can’t wait to see it.
Yeah, oh big fail, sure enough the Vevo site only works in the USA and Canada. I’m glad I’m home in the USA now, but not being able to access videos was always very irritating when I lived abroad.
It’s music video = promotional material that’s on the site right now. Why not let people in the UK or Japan view it? The big stodgy corporations are trying to hold on to some control. Sorry, music video with streaming lyrics isn’t all THAT great.
It’s good they’ve got a bucket of money because they’re going to need it to work the kinks out of the way Vevo is set up.
Well VEVO was working just fine through my youtube account from last night till about 2 hours ago and I’m in the USA. Now the Videos will NOT show up on my youtube account. Get to fixing it Vevo/youtube!
and it’s working again in the USA still some videos say copyright restriction like spike lee’s tribute video
About the Facebook apps vs. friends and the access to your data ->
Check this http://www.facebook.com/settin…..ends_share
You can limit the information available to the apps (of course, this is not going to beat the global settings for your profile – where you have everyone, will get to everyone).
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Things you will learn if you listen:
1. Martin has a secret shoe addiction.
2. Alex W. isn’t trying to be a dick when he snores. No, REALLY!
3. Kristin is downplaying Seattle’s ATT 3G connection because she doesn’t want people moving here and clogging it up.
4. How to use the 2009 Word of the Year in conjunction with Windows Live Messenger 2010.
5. I don’t know enough about what is going on in technology internationally.
mKay, seriously, was fun and informative again this week. Great info on Dubai’s laws in relation to tech access, Fawzi, and thank you Ralf and Alex G. for the same info on Poland and Germany.
Personally, I would love to read or hear more about the international tech and issues surrounding it. (It seems to be coming out well in the podcast format.) Is the non-U.S. team considering writing from that angle at all?
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Facebook really cares about privacy. It’s their top priority. Just look: http://gawker.com/5423914/the-…..-rollback/
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Thanks for the weekly updates they always come in at the right time .
Jonathan
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