Like an MTV you’d actually enjoy: Shuffler.fm launches curated music video channels
ShufflerTV relies on some of the web’s leading voices in music to curate music video channels. The result looks as good as it sounds. Read more »
Vevo’s new live TV channel: it’s all about devices
Vevo’s newest offering may seem a big of a throwback: The on-demand music video platform launched a curated live stream that looks and feels like MTV – but is all about devices. Read more »
YouTube investing in Vevo? That’s smart.
YouTube is about to take a stake in Vevo, according to multiple reports. That would be a smart move, because it would help YouTube to hold on to more than half a billion views a month. Read more »
Universal Music agrees to pay indie artists Vevo royalties
The world’s biggest music label has always regarded music videos as promotional tools. But now that Vevo, the music video platform Universal co-owns with Sony, is making $150 million a year, the label agrees the indie artists who render these works deserve compensation. Read more »
Vevo viewers down 20% year-to-year
Once the fastest growing content supplier in the online video business, Vevo has seen its U.S. internet audience shrink by 20 percent over the last year, according to numbers released Monday by comScore. The measurement, however, does not reflect migration to mobile platforms. Read more »
Video: Vevo To Launch In Six More Countries, CEO Caraeff Says
The music distributor and service Vevo plans to triple its global footprint in 2012, CEO Rio Caraeff tells paidContent while answering quest… Read more »
ComScore Video Rankings: YouTube Usage Spiked 72 Percent Over 2010
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As it seeks to launch nearly 100 new channels featuring professionally produced video, YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) has a key advantage over origina… Read more »
Interview: Vevo’s Caraeff On Music Videos’ Renaissance
Pioneered and perhaps now abandoned by MTV, the music video can be re-invented by the web and location-aware mobile devices, the CEO of musi… Read more »
Interview: Vevo Says No MySpace Deal But Hopeful On Warner Sale
The music videos service Vevo is not in discussion about an alliance with for-sale MySpace (NSDQ: NWS), as recent reports suggested, its CEO… Read more »
YouTube, Vevo Add Euro Execs For Content Push
Reportedly ready to invest $100 million in original content, YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) is adding a new UK content partnerships head and a new fil… Read more »
Why Mobile Operators Are Freaked About Data: YouTube Traffic Up 3X In 2010
If operators like T-Mobile are fretting about too much video clogging up their mobile data networks, some figures today from YouTube (NSDQ:… Read more »
Vevo Gets Social, Local With iPhone App; iPad, Android Apps ‘In The Works’
Music video site Vevo has released a free app for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch — but a similar treatment for the iPad and Google’s Android… Read more »
Vevo Pulls UMG Music Videos From MTV Sites Over Ad Dispute
Vevo and MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) are having difficulty coming to an agreement over whether Vevo can sell advertising around the Viacom netw… Read more »
Vevo Live: YouTube Offshoot To Stream Entire Concert Featuring The National
Much-hyped indie band The National is getting an additional boost of attention courtesy of music label/YouTube JV Vevo, which is hoping to a… Read more »
Vevo Pulls Videos From YouTube’s API: Party’s Over For Third Parties
So much for sharing Vevo love this holiday season. The much ballyhooed music video site, co-owned by UMG, Sony Music Entertainment and Abu D… Read more »
Vevo CEO Responds: Some Things We ARE Getting Right
Earlier today we posted a product and biz review of Vevo by Ty Ahmad-Taylor, founder and CEO of FanFeedr and previously SVP of Strategy and… Read more »
Vevo Brings EMI Videos on Board; No Equity; Launch Tomorrow
Vevo, the music video JV site which is slated to launch tomorrow, has officially brought on the smallest major, EMI, though no equity is inv… Read more »
Updated: Hulu in Limited Music Video Deal With EMI; How Long Before a Vevo Deal?
Updated below: Hulu is doing a limited music video deal with EMI, which could be interpreted as a sign of things to come: it is tying up wit… Read more »
Vevo’s First Launch Sponsor: AT&T
Vevo, the JV music video site by Sony (NYSE: SNE), Universal and backed by YouTube, will be making some money right at launch, through its f… Read more »
Music JV Site Vevo Gets The Money It Was Seeking, From Abu Dhabi Media
As we had reported first back in August, Vevo, the Hulu-like site for music videos, JV between Universal Music and Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music, w… Read more »
Interscope’s Jimmy Iovine: Vevo Is A ‘Giant Step Forward’ For The Music Industry
Interscope-Geffen-A&M Chairman Jimmy Iovine spent decades producing tracks for rock and hip-hop artists, but he’s also watched the rise of d… Read more »
Industry Moves: Nokia’s Kohl To Head Up Ad Sales At Vevo
Former *Nokia* interactive ad sales vet David Kohl has joined Vevo, the music video site that labels like UMG and *Sony* are hoping will be… Read more »
Sony Invests In Online Indie Music Distributor IODA
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Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music Entertainment has taken a stake in indie digital music distribution service IODA. Financial terms were not disclosed,… Read more »
Interview: Google’s David Eun: ‘We’re Monetizing More Than Anyone Else Is Making’
Others at Google (NSDQ: GOOG) have more technologically complicated jobs, but David Eun, has one of the most difficult as VP of strategic pa… Read more »
Vevo Lives: YouTube, Universal Announce New Music Video JV
Rumors about a new “premium” music video site from YouTube and Universal Music Group churned out non-stop early last month, but now it’s off… Read more »
