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Last.fm Plans Custom Music Video Channels

Posted by kdawson on from the gotta-install-microwave-ovens dept.

Corey writes "CNet's Crave is reporting that the popular Web 2.0 music site Last.fm is planning to launch a video-on-demand service that dynamically creates a custom video channel for users in the same way it currently does with music. Read/Write Web also cites a recent press release quoting directors at Last.fm as saying they plan to host every music video ever created. This could well turn out to be the MTV of Web 2.0."

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  1. That's nice by n6kuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    'Specially since MTV doesn't broadcast music videos any more.

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  2. Oh, dear.. by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 4, Funny

    This could well turn out to be the MTV of Web 2.0.
    So it'll be full of reality shows, ringtone ads, army recruitment propaganda, and every so often a music video?
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    1. Re:Oh, dear.. by asilentthing · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Yeah, as long as it doesn't turn out to be the MTV of Web 2.0, this could be awesome.

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  3. Finally by Tribbin · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Hope this will for me block the overkill of gangsters/pimps with half-naked ladies that 80% of the MTV/TMF clips show the last couple of years.

    Maybe the music channels on TV will discover that this is NOT what most people like too see.

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  4. The server already struggles by digitig · · Score: 4, Informative

    I still get server overload errors on Last.fm (just had one, in fact), and that's with just audio (plus track listing data, of course). They'll need a big investment in infrastructure to serve up video reliably.

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  5. Re:Licensing... by Auz · · Score: 4, Informative

    Last.fm is UK based. So presumably has to deal with the BPI's abominable licencing.

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  6. not bad by spentmiles · · Score: 4, Informative

    I was just looking for an internet radio site... I'm working from home today and I couldn't find the power cord to the old portable radio. last.fm seems cool -- based on my first try. When you first login, it asks you for what band you're interested in listening to. I figured I'd give it a challenge, so I tried Mr. Bungle. A decent song came right up (Backstrokin) and it also gave me some decent suggestions for related bands -- some I hadn't heard of. The next song is right on key, so I'll keep listening for a while.

  7. Lastfm video mashup already exists by captainclever · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In the meantime (whilst we figure out how the hell to get every video known to man ;) you can check out the mashup:

    http://www.lasttv.net/

    which is pretty awesome.

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  8. Re:Last.fm should focus on its core functions firs by tmarthal · · Score: 4, Informative

    I just wish they would revisit the core elements of the site for a change and give us a system that works...


    Maybe you just don't get the core elements of the site, but it has always been a social network site based on similar music tastes. The Pandora project is an interesting idea in that it algorithmically determines music similarity (not hand coded like a poster above mentioned(?)) based on attributes such as tempo, etc. Last.fm, on the other hand, rates similarity based on what people are listening to. Meaning, Kelly Clarkson and The Killers (for example) do not have any musical attributes in common, but sure as shit the same people that listen to one, listen to the other. It breaks down with popular media because lots of different listener types will listen to the new rap/dance song, but again as someone said above, it works for things not so much in the popular culture (Ska, Screamo, Reggae, House, Funk, etc.).

    The social network has been, and always will be, thier core element. Thier recommendation system is as good as the people listening to the music.