Zuneboards.com/tv - Video Downloads Formatted for Zune

The 2-million or so users of Microsoft’s Zune will be happy to note the recent launching of ZuneTV, a portal for easy downloading of pre-formatted video content for Zune Portable Media Players. The site just launched yesterday, so there are only about 200 hundred videos in .wmv format for downloading, but that should increase exponentially over the months to come. The format of the site is similar to YouTube, with a categorized thumbnail view of all videos. The site allows users to search for videos and also converts the videos making this a one-stop-free shop for Zune content. An interesting feature of the site is that users can add videos from other sites easily where they are then converted to .wmv.

“Better than TV! Watch what you want, when you want! Easily share your videos with everyone, public or private. Download all videos in WMV, Zune-friendly format, ready to sync.”

The success of this site will entirely depend on the success of the Zune Portable Media Player. If the Zune continues to increase in popularity, then this will become a highly popular portal for Zune video junkies.

Will Zune increase its market share over the next year or so or does Apple already have too much of a dominant position? This is what will determine the eventual success or failure of ZuneTV.