Monday, March 02, 2009
Coldplay Fans Learn MTV World Stage Doesn't Include U.S.A.
Evidently, the MTV World Stage doesn't include the United States, because American Coldplay fans missed out on the concert from the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo. (Unless there's a MTV International satellite channel I'm unaware of)
I went to mtvni.com to find footage from the concert, and 27 different international sites were listed, with countries ranging from Germany to Tawain, but the U.S. was nowhere to be found.
Since my knowledge of foreign languages is "limited", I found the UK World Stage page, and clicked "episodes" on the left side. The Coldplay Concert was prominently featured at the top,and I found a playlist of the Coldplay concert, categorized by each song.
For a few seconds, I was under the illusion that I discovered a backdoor to the concert footage, but after I sat through 30-second commercial, this image appeared on the video screen.
Well, so much for MTVNI's claim.
MTV World Stage proves that all-the-world IS a stage.
I realize Coldplay isn't an American group, but I'm willing to bet our Coldplay fan base rivals Romania's, and we certainly bought our fair share of their record-selling albums. What were the leaders at Viacom (NYSE: VIA) Parlaphone Records and Capitol Records thinking when they decided to DENY American access to the online content? Surely they could have negotiated a deal when Coldplay signed on to launch MTV's series.
This is the worst time to restrict access to quality video content. Imagine all of the ad revenue Viacom could have generated with a U.S. feed.
By Matt O'Hern at 09:26 AM | Comments (2)
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