This week, VidZone has been updated with lots of new videos including Art vs Science, DJ Zinc ft Ms Dynamite, Shakira and Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip. Lemar is the Artist of the Month for the UK and Ireland, Tété in France, George Michael in Australia and New Zealand, and Pitbull in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg.
This week on VidZone, a selection of Hip-Hop Classics are available with the likes of Nas, Xzibit and Outkast. Other new playlists include Escape Winter, featuring Scissor Sisters and Beach Boys. Overall, not a whole load of new playlists this week but a large number of new videos have been added to VidZone.
VidZone has hit another major milestone since it was launched back in June 2009. Its taken VidZone exactly five months to rack up another million downloads, bringing the total to over 2 million downloads in total. VidZone is “officially the biggest dedicated music video streaming application in the world”, according to Ben Creasy, Head of Production for VidZone.
To celebrate the launch of Groove Armada’s fantastic new Black Light album, in association with VidZone, the Presentation Podium will be re-opened on December 3rd 2009(at dusk) with a brand-new mini-game, new (exclusive) rewards and of course, exclusive music content & interview footage from the inimitable Groove Armada.
This week on VidZone, a brand new Lady GaGa video is available for viewing as well as new playlists. Alicia Keys’ new single “Doesn’t Mean Anything” is also available for viewing as well as Powderfinger’s new single “All of the Dreamers”. Both Alicia and Powderfinger are this week’s featured artists. New playlists include the Celebrity Playlist and Total Dance.
Over the coming weeks VidZone expands across Europe, allowing a further 11 countries to use the service. Starting from next Thursday, 26th November, VidZone will be released available to PS3 owners in Netherlands, Portugal and Austria. In December, 8 further countries will be added to the list – check out the release dates below. Unfortunately, still no word on when the service will be available in North America and elsewhere.
This week on VidZone, Wolfmother, The Prodigy and Take That are the artists of the week. You can find a exclsuvie The Prodigy interview this week, along with a Wolfmother playlist including all their hits and their soon to be a hit new single “New Moon Rising”. New playlists include Back to the 80’s, 21st Century Rock and Hottie Videos.
VidZone has bagged another exclusive video – the DJ / Producer Tiësto. The Dutch dance super heavyweight is exclusive in all VidZone Territories, apart from the UK and Ireland. The video will be available very shortly after in all territories, though. The video is now available to view and the single is out on November 23rd 2009.
This week on VidZone, Dizzee Rascal is the Artist of the Week for UK, Ireland, Australia, Germany; and Colbie Caillat is the Artist of the Week for France, Spain, Italy. Tracks from Dizzee’s new album “Tongue in Cheek” can be viewed in VidZone along with tracks from Colbie’s second album “Breakthrough”. New playlists this week include Award Winning Videos and Student Anthems.
The VidZone application for Europe has been patched with several bug fixes and improvements. The application came out in mid-June this year for a selected number of countries in Europe, and this is the first major update to the application. The patch adds fill 16:9 widescreen playback, PlayStation Network presence and improved search functionality. Check out the complete changelog below.
