VidZone announced for PAL territories

It's going to be very interesting if they manage to do this for the majority of Europe on day one - if they do, they firmly overtake Microsoft in the online services section. In the Netherlands we don't have Indie games, don't have anything but one lame cartoon in the video downloads, etc. Well at least we just got the downloadable 360 games though.
 
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/ps3-vidzone-beating-online-and-broadcast-music-rivals

"In terms of the music we're receiving for the service we're getting offered a number of world premiers of music videos ahead of MTV, MSN or Yahoo," said Louisa Jackson, director of marketing for VidZone.

"We had to approach the major record labels to begin with but now it's a case of labels coming back to us and saying 'okay, how can you lead the music video strategy for the new music release of our artists?'. Which is really exciting because we've gone from watching a music video on TV to watching online, to a console where you're watching both online and in a broadcast environment simultaneously."
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Latest figures from VidZone put the number of music videos at 13,000, with over one hundred million views, and Russo admits the company is pushing to grow those numbers rapidly. "We have quite an aggressive roll-out strategy and we would expect the numbers to increase quite rapidly over the next six to twelve months," he said.

Although keeping plans under wraps, it's likely there will be commerce elements added to the service, although watching videos on demand will remain a free service on the PlayStation 3.
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Although VidZone is operated by an external company, Sony still has close involvement in the service. An update in September will add new features, including viewing videos in 16 x 9 format, improved search functions and remote keyboard support – all of which have been requested by users.

Sony would eventually like to grow the service around the PlayStation 3 consumer, in a similar way to its thriving online SingStar and Buzz communities.
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The success of the service caught Sony by surprise, admits Sandford, but it was always a project that was going have difficult comparisons compared to more traditional videogames.
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Wha... ack [choke on lunch] argh, I could have told them when they first launched. ^_^

While the service is only currently available in a handful of European countries and Australia, expansion to other regions is a priority for VidZone.

"We will make some announcements shortly about territory expansion. There are plans to do that, but I can't comment any further," concluded Russo.
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Confirmed that most other European countries (including where I live) will get vidzone before the end of the year. Australia too in Q4.
 
While VidZone is expanding on PSN, VEVO wants to claim the PC music video space (like Hulu for videos):
http://www.sonyinsider.com/2009/12/15/vevo-aims-to-be-the-hulu-of-music-videos/

I hope they don't block US PS3 users, who don't have access to VidZone.
[size=-2]Yes, yes, PS3 is a PeeCee.[/size]

VEVO is an online music video website owned by Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, EMI and Abu Dhabi Media Company. It is developed and hosted by YouTube, Sony, and Google.
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The concept for the site is described as being a Hulu for music videos and the plan may have arisen from the goal of attracting more high-end advertisers. Currently, it is believed that many advertisers are ambivalent to hosting advertising on YouTube’s site alongside user-generated video. In the future, the site could host more than just music videos, such as editorials, other types of videos, and user-generated content.
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Is it true that your friends see what you're watching on VidZone, similarily as they see what game you are currently playing in your "gamercard"?

Is there a way to turn this off? I'm embarassed because lately I've been watching "Last Christmas" by Wham and the Weather Girls "Dear Santa"

Also, while this is going off topic, what other information is shown? Do my friends see what CD iI'm playing, movie I'm watching...?
 
You don't see if a person is watching a movie. All I've ever seen are what games people are playing. If they aren't playing a game, they are listed as doing nothing. I've never seen VidZone mentioned.

To be safe, you could always create a bunkum account.
 
Shifty Geezer said:
You don't see if a person is watching a movie. All I've ever seen are what games people are playing. If they aren't playing a game, they are listed as doing nothing. I've never seen VidZone mentioned.
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Vidzone is mentioned, I've seen it with a couple of people in my friendslist. It doesn't say what songs you are listening/watching though.
 
Yeah, VidZone is the only one non-game that is useful to consumers IMHO. Too bad it's not available in US.

The Photo App is useful too, but few people want to save their media on the PS3.
 
patsu said:
Yeah, VidZone is the only one non-game that is useful to consumers IMHO. Too bad it's not available in US.
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I'd like to have the movie store over here :) But yes vidzone is nice, it just does not have the library that Spotify got, but I use it more at home than Spotify. Which just get used at work and on my mobile phone.
 
Ha ha, I should say *free* non-games.

Thanks to Sony, the PSN video store makes my all-nighters more bearable. I thought they have started to deploy the video store in EU ?
 
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