Tomorrow (Monday Mar 10), Paramount Pictures is going to make an exaflood of videos available online to Facebook users.
Here’s a description of the service that reads like Greek, “The unit of Viacom Inc. is teaming with Los Angeles-based developer FanRocket to launch the VooZoo application Monday on Facebook.”
In short, Viacom is making short clips available. Facebook users can send videos to each other – so mostly I picture my 9 year old sending a clip from High School Music (if she were on Facebook) or my brother sending me a late night clip from Caddy Shack.
The trade off is that after the clip shows, so will an ad to purchase a DVD of the whole movie. So it’s a big viral marketing scheme that should help build demand for broadband.
I just wanted you guys to be the first on your block to send a friend a clip. You can read more about it on Wired.