Bing Videos (previously MSN Video and Live Search Video) is a video search service, part of Microsoft's Bing search engine. The service enables users to search and view videos across various websites. It was released as September 26, 2007 as Live Search Video, and rebranded as Bing Videos on June 1, 2009.
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The previous incarnation of MSN Video was launched in 2004 as an internet video streaming service created and run by Microsoft. It featured various content, including music videos, JibJab animated shorts, IFILM picks, viral videos, original content, TV shows, and news shorts. It also hosted the semi-finalists for Film Your Issue. Reed Smith, editor in chief of MSN Video and Entertainment, accepted the 2007 Marketer of the Year Award from the Direct Marketing Association on behalf of Microsoft.
MSN Video was known as a user-generated content service in 2007 and 2008. MSN Soapbox was initially an invitation-only beta service under the family of MSN Video products, designed to be a major contributor to the MSN portal. MSN Soapbox was discontinued in August 2009. MSN Video was also the name of a former internet television service in the United Kingdom, launched in March 2010.
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External links[]
- Bing Videos official webpage
- Bing Videos at Wikipedia
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