Vevo CEO Rio Caraeff has stated that the company is currently developing an app that will bring music videos to your HDTV via the upcoming Boxee Box set-top box.
The company has distribution partners in YouTube and AOL, and is looking to continually expand.
Boxee, which is currently in beta, has said they have almost 1 million users that have downloaded the software, and that number is expected to continue growing.
Vevo is a joint venture between Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, using YouTube as a backend, and with financial support from AT&T and Abu Dhabi Media Co..
Result for: music video
Vevo, the joint music video service launched by YouTube, Sony, Universal Music and AT&T will go live December 8th says the company.
“We’ve been working night and day for months to bring you the best music video and entertainment experience we can dream up, and in just about three weeks you can see it online for yourself,” reads the statement.
Vevo was first announced in April and described as a “premium online music video hub” that would share revenue between YouTube (the back-end) and the major labels (front-end). AT&T joined last month and said at the time: “Music and entertainment are two of the broadest-reaching and influential ‘passion points’ for consumers, and aligning our brand with a new property like Vevo gives us a chance to reach them in fresh, meaningful ways.”
The Abu Dhabi Media company is also a founding member, reportedly with a $300 million stake.
Result for: music video
VidZone, the popular free PS3 music video service, will begin a full EU rollout this month, 5 months after it launched to much fanfare in the UK.
Starting on November 23rd, the service will be available in the Netherlands, Portugal and Austria and in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland on December 3.
Finally, on December 10th, users in Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and New Zealand will get access.
The service has exclusive video deals with many big record labels and is very popular in the UK. Users are reminded that when loading VidZone for the first time, that the service will take up to 15 minutes to completely load.
