US software company Microsoft has launched a new service offering a purely advertising-financed online video library on its German MSN portal.
Around 100 full-length movies, television series, documentaries and
cartoons are available in the initial stage under http://movies.msn.de.
The offer includes the drama Good Will Hunting (1997), action film
Blade (1998), tragicomedy Chasing Amy (1997) and science fiction film
Lost in Space (1998), amongst others.
The content can only be streamed, but not downloaded. Before each film
advertisements are shown and approximately every 10 minutes thereafter.
As with conventional television, a maximum of 12 minutes advertising
per hour will be screened.
In contrast to other German online video libraries such as maxdome and
Videoload, which offer paid-for services, MSN viewers don’t have to
give their credit card or other details in order to access the offer.
US software company Microsoft has launched a new service offering a purely advertising-financed online video library on its German MSN portal.