YouTube service coming to VCast subscribers
Steve Safran November 28th, 2006
Verizon Wireless customers who have the $15/month VCast service will soon have access to YouTube clips. The service is limited, however. Subscribers won’t be able to watch every YouTube clips - just an unspecified number of clips approved by YouTube and Verizon Wireless. I don’t see this as being an especially tempting offering - it goes against the free spirit attitude of YouTube. (NYT free sub. req.) NOTE: This corrects a previous entry that incorrectly wrote that the YouTube service itself would cost $15/month. It is bundled into the $15/month VCast service. Apologies for the error.
8 Comments Add your own
1. Vinny | November 28th, 2006 at 6:53 am
Jesus Christ. $15? For YouTube?
Is there anything Verizon won’t just completely rip you off on?
2. Jay | November 28th, 2006 at 7:39 am
I don’t think it’s $15 just for YouTube. I believe YouTube is added to the VCAST service that already exists, which includes music, games and video.
3. Steve Safran | November 28th, 2006 at 7:51 am
I stand corrected and have made the change.
4. Jeremiah | November 29th, 2006 at 3:45 pm
I just renewed my Verizon contract and upgraded to their new Motorola V3m. Verizon’s pushing VCast *HARD* on their customers. I’m pretty tech-savvy, but I’m not interested in this “service.” The whole point of YouTube is accessibility, so I don’t need to d/l YouTube videos to my cell phone to watch or share them…I have a blog for that.
The future for cell-providers is going to be in “free” phones…i.e., the cell phone and service are “free” to customers, but you’ll have to watch a 10-sec ad before placing a call.
Usual disclaimers: IMHO, IANAL, WYSIWYG
5. jose David Urdaneta | February 15th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
hi i´m from Venezuela my name is jose David i want subscripted(suscribirme a esta pagina) thank you
6. jose David Urdaneta | February 15th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
i speak very bad the lenguages english but i like speak english, it´s lenguages is very well thank you. what diference there is betwen will and be going to?
7. esme | March 3rd, 2007 at 2:33 am
sami yusuf a ait bütün videoları adresime gönderirmisiniz?lütfen.sami yusuf hakkında olan bütün videoları.şu adresegönderin e.yusuf8090@hotmail.com
8. jair | March 12th, 2007 at 11:13 am
es muy chevre por es la forma mas facil de obtener videos creo que de ser mas accesibles
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