Jan 17, 2012 4:39 PM
As it seeks to launch nearly 100 new channels featuring professionally produced video, YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) has a key advantage over original video competitiors like Hulu and Yahoo: millions more viewers can see its promos.
Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, Research & Metrics, Metrics, Social Media, Video, Companies, Google, YouTube, Hulu, Yahoo, vevo
Apr 29, 2011 12:33 PM
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 music video distributor Vevo tells paidContent. “Our fastest-growing platform is mobile; our streaming volume there is doubling every 30 days,” Rio Caraeff says. “Right now, over 50…
Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Mobile, rio caraeff, vevo
Apr 26, 2011 12:30 PM
The music videos service Vevo is not in discussion about an alliance with for-sale MySpace (NSDQ: NWS), as recent reports suggested, its CEO Rio Caraeff tells paidContent.
Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Marketing, Social Media, Video, Companies, News Corp., MySpace, rio caraeff, vevo
Apr 7, 2011 11:44 AM
Reportedly ready to invest $100 million in original content, YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) is adding a new UK content partnerships head and a new film head for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Posted In: Industry Moves, Companies, Google, YouTube, vevo
Jan 12, 2011 6:51 PM
If operators like T-Mobile are fretting about too much video clogging up their mobile data networks, some figures today from YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) will probably confirm their darkest fears: the online video site today said that mobile viewing of its videos is now up to 200 million views a day—a…
Posted In: Advertising, Apps, Entertainment, Music, Mobile, Social Media, Video, Companies, Google, Android, andrey doronichev, vevo
Aug 18, 2010 10:32 AM
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 is still in the works. The launch of the app is done with sponsorship from AT&T (NYSE: T), which is placed prominently on a social net…
Posted In: Apps, Entertainment, Music, Mobile, Social Media, Video, Companies, Apple, iPhone, vevo
Aug 6, 2010 5:48 PM
Vevo and MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) are having difficulty coming to an agreement over whether Vevo can sell advertising around the Viacom network’s online music player, according to interviews with sources in both camps. As a result, UMG, one of the founding partners of Vevo, has pulled its artists’ videos…
Posted In: Advertising, Entertainment, Music, Media & Publishing, TV, Cable & Telecom, Social Media, Video, Companies, Viacom, MTV, Vivendi, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, vevo
May 12, 2010 1:55 PM
Much-hyped indie band The National is getting an additional boost of attention courtesy of music label/YouTube JV Vevo, which is hoping to access some additional cool factor by streaming a live concert by the group on Saturday. It helps that the show, which is at the Brooklyn Academy of Music,…
Posted In: Advertising, Entertainment, Music, Social Media, Video, Companies, Google, YouTube, vevo
Dec 30, 2009 3:42 PM
So much for sharing Vevo love this holiday season. The much ballyhooed music video site, co-owned by UMG, Sony Music Entertainment and Abu Dhabi Media Company, has swiftly pulled its music videos from YouTube’s API. The retraction ends a very short run for third-party sites like Muziic, which stream YouTube…
Dec 17, 2009 4:26 PM
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 Product Development at Viacom (NYSE: VIA). It has generated a bunch of discussion and tweets since this morning. Vevo CEO Rio Caraeff had a lengthy…
Posted In: Entertainment, Music, rio caraeff, vevo
Dec 7, 2009 10:10 AM
Vevo, the music video JV site which is slated to launch tomorrow, has officially brought on the smallest major, EMI, though no equity is involved. The JV partners in the site are Universal Music, Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music, and Abu Dhabi Media Corp, along with strategic partnership with YouTube. Meanwhile,…
Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Companies, EMI, vevo
Nov 18, 2009 12:11 AM
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 with struggling EMI to feature all of Norah Jones’ music videos, concerts and related material on the site, reports NYT. Jones has a…
Oct 27, 2009 11:19 AM
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 first launch sponsor announced today: AT&T (NYSE: T). No word on how big the sponsorship is or how long (though says it is “long-term”), but…
Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Companies, AT&T, vevo
Oct 19, 2009 8:44 AM
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, was raising money at $300 million valuation, and that it was looking worldwide for it. Turns that it really did go global on it: the NYC-based…
Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, abu dhabi media, vevo
Oct 14, 2009 1:55 PM
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 digital distribution, file-sharing and piracy dry up the record labels’ most lucrative revenue streams. So what’s a die-hard music exec to do? Find alternative sources of revenue for the label…
Posted In: Entertainment, Music, interscope, vevo
Sep 23, 2009 12:05 PM
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 “the next Hulu.” As EVP of of sales and customer operations, Kohl will lead Vevo’s efforts to secure big brand sponsorships, reporting to CEO Rio…
Posted In: Advertising, Entertainment, Music, Industry Moves, Social Media, Video, Companies, Google, YouTube, Vivendi, Universal Music Group, vevo
Jul 1, 2009 5:12 PM
Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music Entertainment has taken a stake in indie digital music distribution service IODA. Financial terms were not disclosed, but Sony did say that it would integrate parts of IODA’s online music platform with RED, the independent music distribution company it acquired back in 1994. IODA boasts a…
Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Sony, ioda, sony music entertainment, vevo
May 22, 2009 7:00 AM
Others at Google (NSDQ: GOOG) have more technologically complicated jobs, but David Eun, has one of the most difficult as VP of strategic partnerships: make YouTube profitable. Google bought the user-gen phenom for $1.65 billion back in 2006, just as it edged into deals with the major music labels and…
Posted In: Advertising, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Companies, Google, YouTube, Hulu, Vivendi, Universal Music Group, david eun, vevo
Apr 9, 2009 3:07 PM
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 official: UMG and YouTube plan to launch Vevo later this year. Music videos from Universal artists will be available both on Vevo.com, as well as through a…
Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Companies, Google, YouTube, vevo
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