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  • MSN Soapbox now part of MSN Video (beta)

    A number of changes to MSN Soapbox just occured, most notably that Soapbox is no longer a stand-alone site, but has become a tab at http://next.video.msn.com . The old url for Soapbox, Soapbox.msn.com, now resolves to show the "Soapbox User Videos" tab. In addition, according to Brandon LeBlanc...
    Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Kip Kniskern on 09-22-2007

  • The Windows Live Effect - split from services to succeed?

    If you looked back 18 months at the discussion around Windows Live, MSN and Microsoft's search strategy, the current market-share situation is almost counter-intuitive to what was largely expected. They area of most focus has been search, yet despite large improvements made by the Live Search team, Microsoft...
    Posted to OurView: The Opinion Blog (Weblog) by Chris on 06-10-2007

  • MSN Soapbox reopens to public with copyright content filtering

    Today sees MSN Soapbox return to a public beta after having closed back in March . The reason given for the closure was that Microsoft needed time to deliver a technological solution to resolve the piracy issues that have plagued other user-generated video sites such as YouTube. The relaunch sees several...
    Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Chris on 06-01-2007

  • New Soapbox and MSN Video launched

    As we posted earlier, a new relaunched MSN Soapbox has been announced , and is available for trial for those who are in the Soapbox beta. In addition, a new version of MSN Videos, at next.video.msn.com has launched as well, and is available for anyone to view. From the Soapbox on MSN Video blog: Completely...
    Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Kip Kniskern on 04-25-2007

  • Soapbox Update

    A post on the Soapbox Team Blog has alerted users that a change is coming as the Soapbox site goes down for a couple of hours whilst they make some changes to both the front end and the back end of the service. " We have taken all of your feedback into account and spent the last few months redesigning...
    Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by ScottIsAFool on 04-25-2007

  • MSN Soapbox closed to new users amid piracy concerns

    ZDNet News is reporting that MSN Soapbox is being closed to new users for up to 2 months as Microsoft sorts out piracy issues. ZDNet quotes Adam Sohn, a director in Microsoft's online-services group, as saying that no new subscribers will be accepted, but anyone who has already signed up for Soapbox...
    Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Kip Kniskern on 03-23-2007

  • MSN Soapbox is now public beta

    MSN Soapbox has been in an invite only state for a few months now, but today sees it enter its public beta phase, so no more waiting to get in and see what the fuss is about. For those who are unfamiliar with Soapbox and want to send your favourite links to friends and family, the Soapbox Team Blog has...
    Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by ScottIsAFool on 02-14-2007

  • Soapbox and Messenger Integration

    Today the MSN Soapbox Team have launched a new activity feature that will alow you to watch Soapbox videos on Windows Live Messenger in real-time with your friends. Which is much nicer than just sending them a link! This is how it works: If at any time you would like to watch a video with one of your...
    Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Darren Straight on 12-19-2006

  • MSN Soapbox: Messenger and Mobile integration coming soon

    NewTeeVee , a new site for GigaOM run by Om Malik, posts a review of MSN Soapbox that offers some insights into where the beta service is heading. First, according to the piece, Soapbox is slated to come out of beta in March. NewTeeVee talked to Rob Bennett, general manager of entertainment and video...
    Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Kip Kniskern on 12-06-2006

  • Soapbox: Video interview and invites

    On10 has a video interview with Rob Bennett from the MSN Soapbox Team , as well as 10,000 invites to the closed beta run from ideas.live.com. So if you haven't signed up yet, this is probably the easiest way to see what the site is about. (Note, the on10 signup link will not let you register if it...
    Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Chris on 10-16-2006
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