42244 0 3 econsultancy_xml <p>The new service will allow <a href="http://www.last.fm/">Last.fm</a> users to create their own personalised music video channels based on their playlist history.</p> <p>The company says it has secured partnerships with Warner, EMI, and over 20,000 indie labels, and is in negotiations with Sony and Universal. </p> <p>It also promises that the quality of its video will beat YouTube's - they are encoded at 128kbps compared with the video site's 64kbps. </p> <p> <strong>Further reading:</strong> <br /> <a href="/blog/485-interview-with-martin-stiksel-of-last-fm">Interview with Martin Stiksel of last.fm</a> </p> <p> </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph>The new service will allow <Link URL="http://www.last.fm/" Window="New">Last.fm</Link> users to create their own personalised music video channels based on their playlist history.</Paragraph> <Paragraph>The company says it has secured partnerships with Warner, EMI, and over 20,000 indie labels, and is in negotiations with Sony and Universal. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>It also promises that the quality of its video will beat YouTube's - they are encoded at 128kbps compared with the video site's 64kbps. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Further reading:</Emphasis> <LineBreak /> <Link URL="/blog/485-interview-with-martin-stiksel-of-last-fm" Window="New">Interview with Martin Stiksel of last.fm</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph> </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2007-05-09T19:26:00+01:00 0 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>Web radio site Last.fm is set to launch a video service this week, using the same model it currently employs for song recommendations to provide users with music videos.</strong> </p> <p>The content will intially be provided by independent labels, including Warp, Ninja Tune, and Mute, but last.fm hopes eventually to build the <em>"largest legal catalogue of music videos on the web"</em>.  </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Web radio site Last.fm is set to launch a video service this week, using the same model it currently employs for song recommendations to provide users with music videos.</Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>The content will intially be provided by independent labels, including Warp, Ninja Tune, and Mute, but last.fm hopes eventually to build the <Quote>"largest legal catalogue of music videos on the web"</Quote>.  </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 1170 <p>For stats relating to online video, see Econsultancy's <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/technology-adoption-statistics">Technology Adoption Statistics Compendium</a></strong>.</p> <p>For stats relating to online video, see Econsultancy's <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/technology-adoption-statistics">Technology Adoption Statistics Compendium</a></strong>.</p> 363283 Last.fm moves into video false 2007-05-10T07:21:00+01:00 last-fm-moves-into-video 2009-04-30T06:20:46+01:00 2009-10-13T09:02:28+01:00 259