MUZU TV
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Type of site
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Video hosting service |
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| Founded | July 2008 |
| Headquarters | South William Street,Dublin, Ireland |
| Area served | Selected countries |
| Owner | Our Digital Universe Limited |
| Founder(s) | Ciarán Bollard Mark French |
| Key people | Ciarán Bollard (CEO) Colm Harte (CTO) Keith Curley (SVP) |
| Slogan(s) | See The Music |
| Website | www |
| Alexa rank | link |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 16 July 2008 |
| Current status | In liquidation |
MUZU was an independent online music video site with the largest legal catalogue of music videos available on the web.
The video catalogue was licensed by all major record labels Universal Music, Warner Music, Sony Music, independent music labels and niche music content owners.
Content includes concerts, music videos, lyric videos, interviews, music documentaries and lots more. MUZU also powered music video solutions on hundreds of sites and platforms including Microsoft Xbox, Samsung, Sony, LG and Philips Smart TV's along some of the largest sites in the world including: Last.fm, The Guardian, Mail Online, The Telegraph, Bild.de, NME, Rolling Stone, Metacafe and many more.
MUZU.TV was founded in Ireland by Ciarán Bollard and Mark French and operated in over 19 countries with offices in Dublin, London and Germany.
MUZU generated revenue through premium advertising solutions; Artists, labels, broadcasters and all music content owners got a revenue share of the advertising revenue generated from plays of their videos on and off the site.
The company called a creditors meeting on the 22nd October 2015 and revealed that it is heading into liquidation and that Michael Leydon has been appointed liquidator.
Before the launch Sony BMG signed an agreement with MUZU to allow more than 6,000 videos by artists, including The Ting Tings and Kylie Minogue, to appear on the site, with a further 2,000 hours of footage from entities such as Cherry Red, Eagle Rock Entertainment, Hollywood Music, Ministry of Sound, Ninja Tune and Planet Rock Profiles.Converse, Heineken International, O2, Pioneer Corporation, Ray-Ban and Sony were among the earliest companies to advertise on the website. On 20 August 2008, it was announced that a deal had been signed with ITN, which gave MUZU access to archive footage of TV shows such as The Tube and Calendar Goes Pop.
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