●YouTubeサービスが携帯電話で提供される！！

２００６年１２月より携帯電話のベライゾンからYouTubeが視聴できるようになります。但し、月額１５ドル、最初は全ての動画ではなく選ばれた一部だそうですが。またベライゾンはYouTubeを提供する排他的権利を獲得しています。（暫らくの間と言うことのようですが）どうやら電話料金がどんどん下がる中でのベライゾン側の顧客囲い込み戦略のようですが。（Web2.0の無料経済圧力対策ですね！！これを孫さんが真似したんでしょう。）

日本でもAUのEZ GREEが一週間で１０万人の参加者を獲得したり、ドコモが楽天オークションとオクトモを始めたり、ソフトバンク・モバイルがマイスペースやYAHOO DAYSと提携するなどSNSと携帯電話連携の話題が豊富です。おっと忘れていました。IT戦士の岡田有花記者によるSNS『モバゲータウン』（参加者が９ヶ月で２００万人）のレポートもありました。『モバゲータウン』は携帯SNSのミクシィになるかもしれません。どっちかと言えばCAFESTAに似ていますが。

さてベライゾンとYouTubeの同盟の記事は以下の通りです。

▼YouTube Coming Soon to Cellphones　(NEWYORK TIMES)

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/28/technology/28tube.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1164691485-PW6tyna5YgLtZrkjlWqzfg

▼Verizon Wireless to offer YouTube on cell phones

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061128/wr_nm/youtube_verizon_dc_3

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Verizon Wireless said on Tuesday it would deliver selected video clips from YouTube to cell phones starting in December in a bid to increase subscriptions to its mobile media service.
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顧客数が２千万人のベライゾンは、まだ１０％程度しか携帯電話で動画サービスを利用していない点に眼をつけたようです。

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Verizon Wireless, a venture of Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group Plc, has been betting increasingly on text messaging and advanced services like music and video for growth as phone call prices keep falling.
But so far only a small minority of U.S. consumers use features like video on their cell phones. Verizon Wireless hopes the huge popularity of many home videos shown on YouTube could help boost use of its Vcast wireless media service.
"The user-generated content space is a very important sector in media," said Robin Chan, marketing director at Verizon Wireless, who believes the deal could help increase its service revenue.
"Vcast subscribers tend to be higher-value customers in terms of ARPU (average revenue per user) versus traditional voice subscribers," Chan said.
Under the YouTube agreement, consumers who pay a $15 monthly fee for Vcast will be able to use their cell phones to view consumer-generated content posted on YouTube's Web site.
Chan also said customers would also be able to post videos from their phones to YouTube more easily than before by using a five-digit short code instead of an e-mail address.
Verizon said about 20 million of its customers have phones that could support Vcast. But only about 10 percent of these phone users have subscribed to Vcast, according to estimates from Ovum analyst Roger Entner.
YouTube said the pact with Verizon was exclusive for a short period. It did not say when it would be free to pursue additional deals with other wireless providers.
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日本ナレッジマネジメント学会　専務理事　山崎秀夫