Microsoft Soapbox: YouTube-like
Microsoft is preparing to go live with their new user-generated video service. It will debut on MSN instead of Windows Live (I am wondering WHY MSN?), as many have expected, but will nevertheless be tightly integrated with Microsoft’s MySpace competitor, Windows Live Spaces. The details of the new service are rumored to be very similar to those of YouTube, with a 100 MB upload limit from “almost any format,” tags and categories, RSS feeds, integration of a Windows Live Spaces account, and the ability to embed videos on a web page or blog.
Microsoft believes that it is already positioned to be a heavy competitor against YouTube for the user-generated video market. MSN’s Todd E. Herman said in an interview that the game isn’t about uploading, it’s about availability and MSN is already good at making content available. Mr. Herman was very confident that while YouTube definitely “got to the party early,” MSN’s 4 million unique visitors per month would allow them to catch up in no time. Although he was rather vague in the interview, he definitely indicated that he thought they could outpace YouTube in no time as well, as MSN already considered themselves to be “out-TiVoing TiVo” by providing relevant news clips to viewers after broadcast instead of an entire news show to pick through. 
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