Veoh launches VeohTV

by Brad Linder Jun 20th 2007

Working on the assumption that the web browser isn't really the right tool for watching videos, Veoh is launching a private beta of VeohTV this week.

Basically VeohTV is a standalone full screen application sort of reminiscent of Joost, in that you can easily navigate and watch videos in full screen. But while Joost has been partnering with companies like Paramount, CBS, and Viacom to provide content, VeohTV will let you watch pretty much any video on the web.

Which sounds great in theory, but have you tried blowing up YouTube videos to full screen? They tend to be pixelated at normal size. When you blow them up, they look awful. Still, if VeohTV can do a good job of displaying video from network television sites from within a single interface, it could become a killer app.

[via Business 2.0]

Tags: online video, OnlineVideo, veohtv

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

dakota said 8:10AM on 6-26-2007

man veoh are gonna be better than gaytube...infact they are...why did google buy that crap?anyway veoh rocks.

hms90832 said 10:21AM on 7-31-2007

Hey i have a problem with Veoh TV Beta. When i open click the 'search button' or the channel button i get an error saying " There was an error loading lading veoh tv. Please try again later."

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!

hms90832 said 10:23AM on 7-31-2007

aj said 7:28AM on 8-09-2007

what kind of codec does veoh requires???

fixer said 3:34PM on 8-10-2007

ok hms i had this same problem and this is how i fixed it try going to menu acount and click change logged in user and then log on as your account thats what i did and it worked

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