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Way back in 2006, Microsoft launched what it hoped would be a serious competitor to YouTube with Soapbox, a service featuring user-generated video alongside MSN Video's existing original and commercial programming. Soapbox was supposed to feature simple tools for sharing and rating content, but never really caught on with users. Microsoft recently announced it was planning to retool the site into a more focused service for bloggers,… Read More

Last September, Microsoft announced an invitation-only beta of a video sharing service called Soapbox, designed as an expansion to its MSN Video service. The idea behind Soapbox was to expand MSN Video into the user-generated content arena, take on the likes of YouTube, and give the world's largest software company a footprint in what proved to be the hottest digital media category of the year: user-submitted video. Now, Microsoft has… Read More

Redmond software giant Microsoft today announced an invitation-only beta of a new user-generated video site called Soapbox on its existing MSN Video service. "Soapbox delivers on a critical component of the MSN growth strategy of deepening audience engagement by enabling people to participate in the content experience," said Rob Bennett, MSN's general manager of Entertainment and Video Services in a release. "By adding… Read More