A lot of you have been asking for more information on the VidZone music video application in the comments section, so I met up with Lou Jackson and Michael Russo from VidZone to answer some of your questions.
VidZone, which will be available free from PlayStation Store on June 11, provides unlimited access to thousands of streaming music videos and the ability to create unlimited playlists, all on your PS3.
Here at E3 they’ve been showing a promotional video featuring Kasabian and Dizzee Rascal, so I asked whether we would also be able to access interviews and live performances.
“VidZone is partnered with a production company that provides us with exclusive interviews, behind the scenes music video features and live gig footage, and that’s going to be in place at launch,” replied Jackson. “PS3 owners will be able to watch an interview with Kasabian, as well as an exclusive live performance of Processed Beats, which was recorded in London and has a phenomenal vibe.”
“The PlayStation community is one of the most important parts of VidZone’s evolution and we’ll be listening to them and finding out which artists they’d like to see. Actually, we’re trying to choose an act for a live performance this summer and we’d love people to use the comments section of this post to tell us who we should try to get.”
I then asked how many videos will be available at launch.
“There are over 10,000 videos,” said Jackson “They will be updated every week, and in terms of quantities, those updates will be in the hundreds. Our ultimate dream is to have every music video ever made on the service, as well as classic live performances dating back to the 1950s, in their entirety.”
I know a lot of you want to find out which countries will be able to access VidZone and why certain territories will not be able to at launch, so I also asked for an answer on that.
“Initially, we’re launching VidZone in the UK, Ireland, Australia, Italy, France, Spain and Germany,” said Jackson.
“The reasons we’re only launching in those countries for the time being,” added Russo, “are largely to do with sourcing local advertising that is relevant and appropriate. We can’t wait to roll out in the remaining territories though; we’ll bring you more information when we have it.”
Having been able to play around with the service here at E3, I’m very impressed. The video quality is superb, the menus are slick and intuitive and it’s a piece of cake setting up playlists from the impressive collection of videos available.
To end the interview, Jackson and Russo gave me their dream playlists, and here they are:
Michael Russo:
- Michael Jackson:Thriller
- U2:Where The Streets Have No Name
- Jamiroquai: Virtual Insanity
- Lady GaGa: Poker Face
- Mika: Grace Kelly
Lou Jackson:
- Foo Fighters: The Pretender
- Eminem: Stan
- Pendulum: Slam
- Fatboy Slim: Right Here Right Now
- The Prodigy: Warrior’s Dance
So tell us guys, which music videos will be in your dream playlist, and which live performers would you like to see this summer?
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Posted on 11 June, 2009 at 6:23 pm by stuboy1977
ben get vidzone sorted
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Posted on 11 June, 2009 at 7:24 pm by PlayNorbi
In the name of the whole HUNGARIAN Playstation Community what my homemate Kenchi mentioned a few comments before we want our own PS.services!
Why do we have to make fake foreign account in order to buy games and dlc in my country?
There are thousands of playstation 3 owner,is it not enough?
A hungarian owner.
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Posted on 12 June, 2009 at 4:03 pm by garfyvl
no videos for small countries,guys.
now we know what they think of us.
but who knows, if small countries stop buying stuff from psn. maybe then they’ll reconsider these policies
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Posted on 16 June, 2009 at 12:38 am by hopppaa
Yah, is always the same. Ok, we only have a population of nearly 500.000 here in luxembourg, but is that a reason to discriminate us? I really dont undestand Sony on that point! I was so exited for that app, and then finally we got nothing here. I sell my sony tv and my playstation *joke*. But all in all is sad to see that always the same countries profit, and also always the same countries that don’t profit. But strange that they dont offer the vidzone app for the BENELUX, because I think we are also a big playing community alltogether. By the way, i think no one cares for that ads, so SONY, just forget about that, or if it’s really important to you so just put the german, french or whatever ads, anyway we will not buy something because of your ads, if you know what I mean
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Posted on 16 June, 2009 at 5:38 pm by tels2slow
I love this app but can we not still listen to the music when playing a game or in the XMB?
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Posted on 18 June, 2009 at 8:06 am by shaksnet
*deep sigh* So i checked again today… still NO Vidzone in my playstation store. This is getting VERY frustrating, Sony. What is going on? How come you didn’t explicitly state that the service will be filtered to certain profit-harboring countries (according to your estimates at least)? Anyways, this is definitely disappointing. I was looking forward to getting the whole PS3 package when i went to buy the console. I mean, i paid as much for my PS3 as any other folk in the countries that was selected for Vidzone.
I seriously hope you will reconsider to bring ALL the PSN services back in sync globally. It simply makes no sense to discriminate populations and countries by limiting access to such a great service as Vidzone.
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Posted on 20 June, 2009 at 3:47 pm by The_Red_Assass1n
You should be able to download the songs to your playstation 3 hard drive. Or just your playlist as it takes to long to buffer songs even though you may play them often.
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Posted on 20 June, 2009 at 8:43 pm by Lethal_Doze
Hey Sony please at least stop reffering those 6 countries as Europe cos its freaking frustrating for the rest 44 (YES fourty-four countries), and i dont feel like moving anyware any soon.
Thanks for nothing.
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