According to the “New York Times,” MySpace is set to rename and relaunch its Flash-based video-sharing service as a stand-alone Web site, MySpaceTV.com. This will be accessible to everyone including people who do not have MySpace accounts. MySpace TV will be less centered on user-generated content — unlike YouTube — and will focus more on the material it has acquired from Sony and other major companies.The creation of MySpace TV was not an unexpected move and was speculated on as far back as a year ago. YouTube has also recently begun to compete with MySpace by developing social-networking features.
MySpace TV will launch on Thursday and with YouTube’s U.S. viewers only slightly outnumbering those of MySpace’s current video pseudo-site, it looks like it will be a strong competitor.
MySpace, Chasing YouTube, Upgrades Its Offerings [via TechCrunch]
If its not user generated material isn’t it closer to competing with Joost, Vongo, CBS Innertube, etc. than to YouTube?
No, user generated content will still be present. Joost and Vongo are more complete solutions to TV, while MySpace TV will show content which they acquired but it won’t be full length. The article just mentions 5 minute clips from different shows.
Just checked out MySpace TV. I like the clean look of the site. However, it does not have as many videos as YouTube. Well, they just launched it anyway…