The service was concluded after negotiations on June 16, 2009, as a joint venture among three major record companies: Universal Music Group (UMG), Sony Music Entertainment (SME) and shortly before its launch by EMI. The service once offered a consumer mobile and tablet app however this was shut down in May 2018 to allow the service to focus on its other platforms. The service is also available as an app on selected smart TVs, digital video recorders, digital media players and streaming television services. Vevo ( / ˈ v iː v oʊ/ Vee-vo, an abbreviation for 'Video Evolution', stylized in all caps until 2013) is an American multinational video hosting service, best known for providing music videos to YouTube. US$760 million (2013) Īvailable on Pluto TV, Roku, YouTube and YouTube Premium