Ben Creasey has announced on the European PlayStation Blog that the PlayStation music video service, Vidzone, has recently launched a new service called VidZone TV to offer “a different way to enjoy VidZone.”

Creasey writes in a blog post:

“We have dreamt of having over 100 music TV channels at your disposal for any mood or occasion at the touch of a button – this dream is now a reality. Via a small update to your existing [VidZone] application, VidZone TV gives you all the music you can wish for. Channels will fall under 5 categories – Artist, Genre, Year, Label and General (for everything else!)”

New Features and improvements over and above the original VidZone (which is now know as VidZone on Demand) includes the following:

• New main menu carousel – Sparkly brand new look carousel screen for selecting links to VidZone: TV, Featured, On Demand, Settings and upcoming other new upcoming features.
• Search function is improved – It is now possible to perform ‘like’ searches – e.g. “Kill” for The Killers.
• In-store game purchasing – Purchase selected PlayStation Store games / content advertised in VidZone without exiting the VidZone application.
• Full screen experience enhanced – It’s now possible to see which video is coming up next. There is also a key for all functions and ticker bar available to provide valuable information to users about new/must see content.
• Video of The Day TV – The music industry is helping us offer one ultimate video of the day, every day. It will play immediately after opening the application.
• Clickable pre-rolls – Some pre-roll advertisement videos are now clickable and launch the Internet Browser.
• Title changes – “Related Videos” has been renamed to “More by this Artist” “Home Page” renamed to “Featured”.
• Email settings – It’s now possible to sign up or unsubscribe to emails in Settings > Help menu. If you want to receive updates or competitions from VidZone you need to be registered by email

No exact territories have been named, but it’s probably safe to assume that the current batch of regions that have access to VidZone On Demand (Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, UK, Netherlands, Portugal, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and New Zealand) will be able to get into VidZone TV after updating their application.

Source: European PlayStation Blog