, the highly anticipated music video site from YouTube, Universal, and Sony, now has an official release date. Vevo was previously announced to be launching in December, but now the date of December 8th has been set.
Vevo is striving to be the Hulu for music videos. Watch this guy talking about the launch party (not the woman pictured):
Members of the site’s “VIP pre-launch mailing list” received the following email:
Dear member of the VEVO VIP pre-launch mailing list,
We are excited to tell you that VEVO will launch the evening of Tuesday, December 8!!
We’ve been working night and day for months to bring you the best music video and entertainment experience we can dream up, and in just about 3 weeks you can see it online for yourself!
The VEVO service at VEVO.com and at YouTube.com will go live in coordination with our launch event in New York on December 8th. We’ll be sure to let you know as soon as it’s up and running so you can start having some fun 🙂
We can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working on!
In the meantime, please keep in touch and let us know what you think about all things VEVO!
All the best,
Team VEVO
Hulu itself is just starting to . This week, the site entered an agreement with record label EMI, and already has a channel set up for EMI artist Norah Jones. More EMI artists will follow in time. Vevo on the other hand, should have a much greater catalog of music videos to choose from when it launches.
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