MTV Music: Hulu for music videos, or too little too late?
MTV launched a new music video hub today at MTVMusic.com. And it looks remarkably like online video site Hulu. Except instead of hosting hundreds of movies and TV shows, the site hosts thousands of music videos.
The site has a nice mix of new and older videos. You can watch videos on the site or embed them on another web page. And you can watch in full screen.
There’s also a handy “similar artists” feature that will let you know that if you like Tori Amos you might want to look for videos from Fiona Apple. But the recommendation engine is far from perfect. For example, when you click on the page for Mike Doughty, you’ll discover that Jack Johnson is a similar artist, but there’s no link to the 5 music videos from Soul Coughing, the band Mike Doughty used to perform with. Read the rest of this entry »




