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MySpace’s popular video service, both MySpace TV and videos found on friend pages, will now be accessible from your mobile. This is hot on the heels of the MySpace for BlackBerry application, so it’s clear that MySpace is getting savvy to the mobile lifestyle, but will it pay off? As just about everything else online, videos will be ad-supported, but MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe doesn’t have a lot of faith that mobile advertisers will be on board.
“So far there’s been enough inventory on the MySpace side, but not enough advertisers with creatives that have wanted to jump in or a critical mass of web sites that they’ve wanted to reach. … It’s a function of whether the agencies and brands coming up with standardized ad units are making investments to do that.”
It’s all in beta for now, with just the premium channels being viewable, but everything else should open up once the bugs are squashed. Hit up m.myspace.com to start streaming videos to your phone, just keep in mind that the iPhone is not supported.
[via Reuters]
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
