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| Type of site | Video hosting service |
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| Headquarters | Mountain View, California, United States and Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
| Owner |  Universal Music Group Sony Music Entertainment Abu Dhabi Media Company |
| URL | vevo.com |
| Commercial | Yes |
Vevo, stylized as VEVO, is a music video website. It is a joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Abu Dhabi Media with EMI licensing its content to the group without taking an ownership stake. The service was launched officially on December 8, 2009. The videos on VEVO are syndicated across the web, with Google and VEVO sharing the advertising revenue.
VEVO offers music videos from three of the 'big four' major record labels: Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and EMI. Warner Music Group was initially reported to be considering hosting its content on VEVO, but subsequently formed a rival alliance with MTV Networks. There are currently around 23,000 videos available on VEVO.
Development
The concept for VEVO was described as being a Hulu for music videos, with the goal being to attract more high-end advertisers. To this end VEVO censors the content of some of its videos for language, to make them more acceptable to advertising partners such as McDonalds. The site's other revenue sources include a merchandise store and referral links to purchase viewed songs on Amazon MP3 and iTunes. Universal acquired the domain name vevo.com on 20 November 2008. Sony Music Entertainment reached a deal to add its content to the site in June 2009. The site went live on December 8, 2009, and that same month became the number one most visited music site in the US, overtaking MySpace Music.
In August 2010, VEVO introduced a free application for the Apple iPhone that allows users to stream videos in the VEVO catalog and create playlists. Extending into connected devices, VEVO launched a channel on Google TV and an application on Boxee. A Vevo app for Android phones was released in January 2011. The company says that launching on other mobile platforms and connected devices is imminent.
Availability
The vevo.com website and iPhone app are currently not available outside the United States and Canada. The website was scheduled to go worldwide in 2010, but as of January 2011 it was still not available outside North America. Vevo's official blog cited licensing issues for the delay in the worldwide rollout. Some of VEVO's videos on YouTube are viewable by users in other countries, while others will produce the message "This video contains content from VEVO, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds."
Notes and references
Notes
a. The VEVO "coming soon" page currently states: "VEVO is committed to making all of its videos available worldwide. To make that happen, we must work through a range of business and legal issues. Please know that we are working diligently to make this happen. Our team at VEVO knows that Music is a truly global experience and that there are many people outside of the United States & Canada who would enjoy access to the VEVO video library and we will work as hard as we can to expand the availability of our service."
References
- Music Industry Companies Opening Video Site - New York Times, 7 December 2009
- EMI Licenses Content to Vevo in 11th-Hour Deal - Wired, 7 December 2009
- "Queen Rania calls on music world to support 1GOAL education campaign". 2009-12-10. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
- Carr, Austin. VEVO CEO on MTV, Jersey Shore, Google TV, Music Videos. Fast Company.com, October 27, 2010.
- ^ Sandoval, Greg (2009-03-04). "Universal, YouTube near deal on music video site". CNET News. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
- "VEVO announces agreement with EMI Music". 2009-12-07.
- Sandoval, Greg (2009-10-21). "Vevo negotiating with EMI and Warner Music". CNET. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
- MTV Overtakes Vevo as Top Online Music Destination - Wall Street Journal, 8 September 2010
- "Full list of videos available on VEVO".
- Rosoff, Matt. "Vevo CEO confirms it's all about business". CNET. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
- Vevo Censors Music Videos for Brands - Advertising Age, 22 Jan 2010
- Release Notes: Facebook Like Button, VEVO Store and more - VEVO.com, 8.4.10
- Notes from the Factory Floor - VEVO.com, 5.20.10
- Sandoval, Greg (2009-06-04). "Sony joins YouTube and Universal on Vevo video site". CNET. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- VEVO Launches as #1 Music Network in the US VEVO.com, 13 Jan 2010
- YouTube Helps Vevo Overtake MySpace Music In The U.S. - Techcrunch, 13 Jan 2010
- ^ Bruno, Antony (2010-08-18). "Vevo's iPhone Hits The App Store". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
- Ehrlich, Brenna (January 12, 2011). "Vevo Comes to Android". Mashable. Archived from the original on January 16, 2011. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
- Rio Caraeff. The Music Evolution Revolution Comes to Google TV. VEVO Blog, October 4, 2010.
- Andrews, Robert (2009-12-09). "Vevo Not Global Until 2010, Strains On First Day". paidContent:UK. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- YouTube Globalization Continues with Four New Languages (Exclusive) - Wired, 25 Aug 2010. "...videos on Vevo.com, a partnership between the major labels and YouTube, only appear in the U.S. and Canada. (Some of those videos appear in those countries on YouTube, according to Vevo; the company promised in January to launch Vevo in more countries before the end of 2010 but has yet to do so.)"
- "VEVO Coming To More Countries As Soon As Possible". 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
- List of VEVO artist channels on YouTube
External links
- Official website
- Vevo on Twitter
- Video on YouTube
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