TECHNOLOGY : Meez Launches Hulu

I'm a fan of Meez as they have a clear direction and they are now making great decisions to expand on that direction.

Hulu-Powered allows 2M monthly users (which Sean points out are unique and he should) can get together with friends to watch the best television clips, episodes and full length movies, all while chatting away with each other and comparing avatars.

Key Points:

16 initial theaters,
popular lobby and concession areas
top shows such as The Simpsons, Fringe, Saturday Night Smackdown, and many more
Classic movies such as Bring it On, and Dude, Where's My Car?

So Meez now has more content than just games....what a great move!

The whole thing is free and supported by the fact the best places are VIP subscription. Sean also offers micro-transaction model allowing users to buy coins and pick up the best gear for their avatars. So he is offering the choice......you know the things that us humans like....take note choice works....

I intend to catch up with Sean next week and ask him as him about the things that are working and the things to avoid. Watch this space.

YouTube to expand to video game sales

YouTube is set to start selling videogames and experiment with new advertising formats to grow revenue, according to Reuters.





Move is an effort to monitze site
Google paid USD 1.65 billion for in 2006.
Estimate earnings about USD 200 million in revenue in 2009
until now the site relied on ad sales as its main source of income.

The Google-owned video streaming website already allows viewers to buy songs from music videos they watch with links to either Amazon's MP3 store or the Apple iTunes store. However, now YouTube users will also be able to buy videogames, such as EA's Spore through the Amazon link.

Google also announced the launch of AdSense for Games, a program that integrates video advertisements into web-based games. The search-engine specialist claimed to be working with game developers and publishers including Konami, Playfish, Zynga, Demand Media, games network Mochi Media, as well as beta advertisers such as Esurance, Sprint, and Sony Pictures.