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Movieclips Comes To YouTube As The Vevo For Films | Raises $7 Million In Series B Funding

Movieclips was good, now it’s great. And the fact that its range of movie clips (as the name implies) will now...
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MTV Loses Universal Music Videos After Failing To Do A Deal With Vevo | Sony, EMI To Follow?

Like it or not, the major record labels may have finally cottoned on to this whole Web thing. At least when...
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YouTube & Vevo Launch Five-Concert Series Starring Arcade Fire, John Legend, The Roots

YouTube and Vevo are seemingly intent on carving out a competitive niche in the music sector. And the partners are not...
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ComScore’s Online Video Views Down In January | Hulu & Vevo Hit Particularly Badly

ComScore has released its viewing figures for online video during January 2010. And the results aren’t positive on a month by...
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Vevo Overtakes MySpace As Number One Music Video Site, Thanks Almost Wholly To YouTube

Vevo is the attempt by the music industry to take back control of music videos, which have proved an immensely popular...
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Can YouTube’s ‘Hulu For Music’ Vevo Succeed?

Vevo, the Hulu for Music videos which has the backing of YouTube (and obviously Google) and three of the four major...
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YouTube Music Video Site Vevo Launches | Questions Over Content, International Rollout

Vevo has finally arrived after months spent preparing the site for launch. However, its first day was marred by the site...
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MySpace Adds Hub For Music Videos | Portal Set To Compete With YouTube, Vevo, Muzu.tv

Music videos are a massively popular and successful part of online video culture. Which is clearly why everyone seems to want...
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Muzu.tv Launches | Free Record Label-Backed Music Video Site To Rival YouTube and Vevo

Music videos are a big part of the online video sector. They’re hugely popular on YouTube, and there’s a new YouTube-backed...
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Vevo Launch In December | YouTube Music Videos Monetized For Major Record Labels

Music videos are big business on YouTube. Which is why they are being moved off the site and onto their own...
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Vevo Names Rio Caraeff As CEO | Universal YouTube For Music Videos Starts To Take Shape

Vevo, the joint venture between Universal and YouTube which is aiming to be a Hulu for music videos is starting to...
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VEVO Music Video Site Announced | YouTube and Universal Do Deal – Other Labels Talking

Music videos have been an important part of YouTube for a good while now, being amongst the most-watched videos on the...
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YouTube Music Video Site Edges Nearer | ‘Vevo’ Would Push Ad Revenues Skywards

Music videos are an integral part of YouTube, but the record labels which provide them want more than just a few...
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Sony Music Boss Loves YouTube, Hates GEMA

Wait, what? There’s a music label executive who thinks the Internet is a force for good? Wonders will never cease. Unfortunately...
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As Chill Adds Hulu To Social Viewing Line-Up, How Important Is It To Watch TV With Others?

We all remember Sunday afternoons spent vegging out watching television, with the channel being viewed being chosen by the holder of...
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YouTube Music Video Views Prove The Future Is Online As Music Piracy Begins To Tail Off

YouTube is helping beat music piracy by offering a free and legal alternative. The users get the content they desire, while...
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Google In Talks For Live Sports On YouTube | NBA, NHL, European Soccer Games On Way?

Many of you out there love watching live sports, in fact it’s the highlight of the week for many people. It’s...
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Rihanna ‘S&M’ Video Banned In 11 Countries, But Flagged As Inappropriate On YouTube

The music video for Rihanna’s new song S&M is controversial. So much so it has reportedly been banned from TV in...
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Google Starts Google TV Promotional Push

Google TV is almost upon us, with the first hardware due in the U.S. in time for the holiday season. Thankfully,...
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YouTube Adds Music Hub To ‘Movies’ & ‘Shows’

YouTube is moving away from its rather lawless, rather disorganized past at a rate of knots. The latest step on this...
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ComScore May 2010 Stats – YouTube Hits All-Time High, Hulu Viewer Numbers Plateau

The ComScore figures for May show that online video is back on track, after a couple of wobbly months. YouTube enjoyed...
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Muziic Streaming Service Uses YouTube Video Embedding, But I Bet Record Labels Hate It

Muziic is a streaming music service which is rapidly growing in popularity. And it works by streaming music videos directly from...
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YouTube Play Brings Creative Online Video To The Fore With Help From Guggenheim Museum

YouTube isn’t really known for its arty content, being considered the actual and spiritual home for funny home videos in this...
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Facebook Growing As Online Video Destination | Beats Hulu, CBS, Microsoft For Video Viewers

Facebook is rapidly becoming more of a player in the online video sector. In the U.S., it’s actually fifth behind YouTube...
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Google Looks To YouTube As Venue For Live Sports After Indian Premier League Cricket

The third annual Indian Premier League cricket tournament has just ended, and all matches were available to watch, for free, on...
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YouTube Redesign Arrives, Profits To Follow?

YouTube has grown and evolved a massive amount since it launched. It’s even changed owner. And yet 2010 could be the...
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Top 10 YouTube Videos Of 2009 | Google Also Reveals Top Music Videos & Search Terms

YouTube is by far the most popular and most visited online video site on the Web. But which videos in particular...
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U2 Concert Is YouTube Hit With 10 Million Live Streams | Huge Success For Google & Akamai

On Sunday, U2 played a gig at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California as part of their current world tour. It...
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Watch U2 Live On YouTube | Online Video Site Streaming Irish Rock Band’s California Gig

U2 are a hugely popular group with fans from every part of the world, many of whom will never get to...
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Warner Music Videos Back On YouTube | WMG Branded Player & Own Advertising Inventory

The storm in a teacup which saw everyone, YouTube, Warner, and viewers, lose out when music videos were pulled from the...
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