The Hollywood Reporter reports on Elon Musks new announcement on X, his social media platform. The App launched on Tuesday, and will start out ad free, and robust.
Alex Weprin
This was one of the tweets being referenced.
In the last month, people on X have spent a lot of time watching video – to the tune of 385 million hours! That’s 1.4 trillion seconds, 23 billion minutes, or 16 million days worth of video.
— Data (@XData) April 23, 2024
Let’s watch what happens when you can stream the world in real-time on X TV! https://t.co/HxHDFOTRTY
Linda Yaccarino expounds on their plans here...
From the small screen to the big screen X is changing everything. Soon we’ll bring real-time, engaging content to your smart TVs with the X TV App. This will be your go-to companion for a high-quality, immersive entertainment experience on a larger screen. We’re still building it… pic.twitter.com/QhG6cVDpZ8
— Linda Yaccarino (@lindayaX) April 23, 2024
Her and Elon have given us information that this will be a robust app, which should be able to compete with some of the best video platform apps out there. Whether it can stand up next to YouTube is another thing altogether. That's like Disney+ being as popular or as profitable as Netflix right away, which simply won't happen. Netflix is the streaming champion, just as YouTube is the video hosting champion for the entire web, as well as the top video streaming app. It will take a long time to replace or unseat these champions for awhile.
She does give us some details. And she admits that they are still working on the app but she let's us know what they're planning, including these features listed down below.
I'm not seeing much in the way of advertising news or monetization, that is besides to new ads help center, but I think Elon Musk has spoken on this at some length when he said he plans to improve the Creator community. Just as other competitors for YouTube (such as Rumble) have taken time to get their platform right, so I believe this will be the case for X TV. But as more creators go there and make a splash, I believe that this can really draw eyeballs, and continue to nip at the heels of the reigning champs of internet video.
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Elon Musk Announces Bigger Push Into Video and Livestreaming Through New X TV Video App https://t.co/XM2RN7AwPD
— Media Moses (@themediamoses) April 26, 2024
