Google-owned YouTube has been playing around with social networking and the move certainly made MySpace execs a bit edgy. In turn, MySpace announced the launch of a new YouTube rival, MySpaceTV, currently in Beta version There is great hope that the recent launch would lead to a significant growth in terms of users. Up till now the video content has done its job: This is the tip of the iceberg.
The incredible video growth trajectory we re seeing is a testament to the unique content and high user engagement in all corners of the MySpace community. In the last year we ve added nearly 20 million unique users in the U.S.
alone and continue to see incredible growth around the world. (Chris DeWolfe, CEO of MySpace) Localized versions of MySpace TV are immediately available in seven different languages in 15 countries: UK, Japan, Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand, Latin America, Sweden, and Austria. As expected, the MySpaceTV main mean to attract visitors is user-generated content.
However, the site also relies copyrighted content. The first deal struck by MySpaceTV was with Sony and it involves the use of clips from sitcoms made in the '80. Similar deals are bound to follow.
The first names on MySpaceTV's list must be NBC Universal and Fox, both part of the News Corporation empire. With MySpace also being News Corporation property, the agreements are sure to be signed real soon. You can check out MySpaceTV right Google-owned YouTube has been playing around with social networking and the move certainly made MySpace execs a bit edgy.
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