Broadband Content Bits: Weeds-MSN; YouTube-MusicVids; MovieFlix; BT Vision

“Weeds” puts episode on MSN Video: MSN Video is streaming the entire first episode from the second season of Showtime’s “Weeds.” It will be available online for a week after it premieres Monday. Showtime has been a charter partner with MSN Video since it launched three years ago.
YouTube talking to record labels on music videos: Lotsa talk about talking to other people..YouTube, which suffered its first outage today, is talking with record labels to post music videos online…Warner Music and EMI said they are each trying to work out a business model with YouTube.
MovieFlix branches out: MovieFlix.com has launched a new site, MovieWay.com, featuring streams of independent movies, TV shows, how-to videos and other content to expand its Web presence.
VideoEgg Hatches Plan to Grab Viewers, Revenue: White-label video sharing service VideoEgg plans to introduce an ad model that will place ads on about half the videos streamed across its network…major content producers can expect at least 30% of revenue while the remainder is split between VideoEgg and host sites.
Current Goes VOD on Time Warner L.A.: Current on Demand launched throughout Time Warner Cable’s existing and newly acquired cable systems in Los Angeles at no additional cost.
New partners in the frame for BT Vision: Entertainment Rights (ER), Wall to Wall, Portman Film & TV and DCD Media-owned NBDtv have become the latest producers to partner with UK telecoms company BT ahead of its IPTV launch this fall.
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