{"id":646350,"date":"2013-03-12T14:19:49","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T18:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/?p=225837"},"modified":"2013-03-12T14:19:49","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T18:19:49","slug":"vevos-new-live-tv-channel-its-all-about-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/646350","title":{"rendered":"Vevo\u2019s new live TV channel: it\u2019s all about devices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vevo<\/a> took another step towards becoming a full-on music TV network Tuesday with the launch of <\/span>Vevo TV<\/a>, a 24-hour live stream of curated programming. The channel is using MTV-like VJs, and is at launch available on the web as well as on mobile devices, Roku boxes and Xbox 360 gaming consoles.<\/span><\/p>\n

The company wants to eventually take Vevo TV to cable distributors to compete heads-on with MTV, according to an Adweek report<\/a>, and it is also thinking about launching genre-specific live streams. Think Vevo Hip Hop, for example. But ultimately, going live is all about devices and the way they\u2019re changing how we watch TV.<\/p>\n

Vevo has put a lot of work into apps for mobile and connected devices, which it built in-house with the help of a small team of San Francisco-based developers. Mobile was a big success for the company early on<\/a>, and the launch of the Xbox app a year ago \u201cturned out to be wildly successful,\u201d as Vevo\u2019s product and tech SVP Michael Cerda put it when we talked about the subject a few months ago.<\/a><\/p>\n

Vevo followed up with a Roku app in December, and Cerda told me that he wants to tackle additional connected TV platforms as soon as possible. \u201cThere is a huge opportunity for us there,\u201d Cerda said.<\/p>\n

Continuous playback combined with curation makes a whole lot of sense for something like music videos on connected TVs. Users don\u2019t want to pick up their remote control to pick and choose every single video, but instead want something up and running in the background without interruption. And if a viewer is ever bored by what\u2019s playing on Vevo TV\u2019s live stream, then there\u2019s always tons of on-demand content available right within the same app. It\u2019s the best of both worlds.<\/p>\n

So how do Vevo\u2019s cable plans fit into this? Cable obviously has a much wider reach than a device like Roku, but the real lure are cable-sized ad-budgets. One could argue that Vevo might compete with itself if the same programming is available on cable set-top boxes and connected devices. But ultimately, those set-top-boxes are changing, and the distinctions between streaming and cable distribution are going to become less and less visible to consumers (to hear more about the future of TV, check out our paidContent conference in New York next month<\/a>).<\/p>\n

In that world, a live TV channel \u2013 distributed on as many platforms as possible \u2013 will guarantee that consumers will always access to Vevo, no matter whether they\u2019re streaming or viewing plain old TV. And that\u2019s a smart move.<\/p>\n

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