Mon, Jan 04, 2010 | 12:18 GMT
SCEE: Vidzone is world’s “biggest dedicated music video streaming application”
SCEE’s claimed that PS3′s Vidzone is the “biggest dedicated music video streaming application in the world,” with more than 2 million users having watched 200 million videos in its first six months.
Vidzone’s reach covers 18 countries. The service includes interviews and behind-the-scenes footage as well as videos.
Press release after the break.
VidZone™: 2 million fans watch 200 million videos
Users of VidZone for PlayStation®3 (PS3™) reach 2 million in number and watch 200 million videos in just six months – making it the biggest dedicated music video streaming application in the world
London, DATE: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) revealed today that, in its first six months, streaming music video service VidZone™ has delivered more than 200 million videos via PlayStation®3 (PS3™) to more than 2 million fans who’ve downloaded the VidZone application in 18 countries. VidZone gives you free music videos on demand to rewind, pause and fast-forward, create your own playlists with for every occasion and even to stream to a PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) via remote play
The VidZone team credits the service’s popularity to its content, covering thousands of Independent labels as well as major record labels, and its exclusives including world music video premieres, more than 100 sessions and interviews as well as behind the scenes and live footage from artist including Groove Armada, Jamie Cullum, Kasabian, Placebo, The Prodigy and U2.
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6 comments
#1
slayernl
04/01/10, 11:58 am
that is nice for Sony the only problem is no one cares about music videos anymore…..
#2
Redh3lix
04/01/10, 12:00 pm
Nope. 2 million people dont care about music videos anymore.
#3
Detale
04/01/10, 12:13 pm
We use VidZone loads, love it. I’ve got an awesome 90′s rap playlist that I blare loudly when the missus has gone out. It’s like I’m 15 again and Yo! MTV Raps is still on the telly.
#4
slayernl
04/01/10, 12:36 pm
@Red, ok I see what you did there, I meant as a hole, mtv only has series now a days and music videos of today are not interesting at all.
#5
Detale
04/01/10, 1:01 pm
Well someone must be watching the other 20 bloody music channels on Sky. MTV only has reality series now because they’ve got MTV Base (Urban), MTV Hits (Pop), MTV Dance (erm… Dance), MTV Two (Alternative/Indie) & MTV HD for actual music. Add those to the rest of them (The Box, 4Music, KISS, Smash Hits, Q, NME and so on and so forth) and I’d say there’s still some money in music videos on TV at least.
Most of the actual videos are still shit though… which is why VidZone is quite handy for filtering out all the crap and just playing the good stuff.
#6
Quiiick
04/01/10, 1:08 pm
Vidzone is a great addition to the PSN. No doubt about that.
But the cumbersome gu-interface and bad video quality (why no 720p?) are nothing to write home about.