Venice is live (sort of)…

[…] The word had been out for a while, the project has been super-professionally managed on all levels by Janus; and he managed to keep the alpha test sealed.  Eventually Venice went into public bèta today.  Too bad for TVkoo.com… Sylvain is probably a good source if you are interested in more. […]

[…] “We set out to try to merge the best of TV and the best of the Internet and I think we have just taken a big step on a long journey,” said Friis today on his blog. “For a few months we have been quietly testing with a small circle of people. Now, we’re going to expand that circle – with more and more people getting invited. If you want to take it for a spin, get an invitation from an existing beta tester. The next months will bring many additional product features both on the end user and content provider side of things. And, importantly, more and more content. What you’ll see now is a preview of some of the categories of content you will find.” […]

[…] Original post by janus […]

[…] Few things on this planet, at least in the media-internet space, are getting as much pre-buzz as Daylife and Venice. Neither site has launched, but Venice co-founder Janus Friis (you know, the guy behind KaZaa and Skype) says his latest site is in beta. “We set out to try to merge the best of TV and the best of the internet,” he writes. “I think we have just taken a big step in a long journey.” If you’re not familiar with Venice, the idea is to allow users to upload and download full-length, high-quality video clips through a peer-to-peer network — with copyright protection built in. Friis says they’re expanding the beta test to more people, but you have to get an invitation from an existing beta tester to join (we’d like one, if you’re one of them). In the meantime, Friis was light on details but offered some tasty screen grabs. Click beneath the grab below for two more… […]

Zattoo-ing from channel to channel

I don’t own a television set, but I just got a Zattoo account, so now I have BBC World and CNN and Swiss television and other channels from various European countries running live on a corner of my laptop screen.

[…] Ya hemos hablado de The Venice Project por aquí, se trata del nuevo proyecto de Niklas Zennstrom y Janus Friis, creadores de Kazaa y Skype. Venice Project va a ir de televisión en internet con una mezcla de P2P, acuerdos con las cadenas televisivas y la posibilidad de contenidos bajo demanda para el internauta. Llevan meses trabajando en él y ahora, como cuenta el propio Friis en su blog, comienzan la beta cerrada para la que se puede pedir invitación en la página oficial. […]

[…] ‘course they blog too. oh what it is? it’s the internet start-up of janus friis and niklas zennstrom, founders of kazaa and skype. that is probably why i am annoyed because i am really curious about it as i do neither like youtube nor its clones. we set out to try to merge the best of tv and the best of the internet and I think we have just taken a big step on a long journey. for a few months we have been quietly testing with a small circle of people. now, we’re going to expand that circle – with more and more people getting invited. if you want to take it for a spin, get an invitation from an existing beta tester. the next months will bring many additional product features both on the end user and content provider side of things. and, importantly, more and more content. what you’ll see now is a preview of some of the categories of content you will find. […]

[…] Ci sono degli screenshot disponibili. C’e’ un post di Janus Friis, che promette contenuti ed altro gia’ nell’arco del prossimo mese. Io ho apprezzato soprattutto la citazione “the longest road in the world is that between promising and keeping” e credo che se e’ riuscito a fare un’azienda telefonica solo sfruttando la rete riuscira’ a fare una sorta di TV via satellite senza satellite, appoggiandosi alla rete. […]

[…] Det ser ud som om Janus Friis (skaberen af Skype og KaZaa) er ved at v�re klar med hans nye P2P projekt med arbejdstitlen Venice, og med hans vanlige stil for succes, s� er der nok ingen tvivl om at det er v�rd at holde �je med hans blog. […]

[…] Pomysł IMHO bardzo ciekawy i bardzo chciałbym móc go przetestować na żywo. Jeżeli ktoś ma ochotę poczytać więcej nt. projektu albo zobaczyć zrzuty ekranu, zapraszam na bloga Janusa. You can also bookmark this on del.icio.us or check the cosmos […]

[…] Janus Friis - Venice is live (sort of)…： We set out to try to merge the best of TV and the best of the Internet and I think we have just taken a big step on a long journey. For a few months we have been quietly testing with a small circle of people. Now, we’re going to expand that circle – with more and more people getting invited. If you want to take it for a spin, get an invitation from an existing beta tester. […]

[…] “We set out to try to merge the best of TV and the best of the Internet and I think we have just taken a big step on a long journey,” said Friis today on his blog. “For a few months we have been quietly testing with a small circle of people. Now, we’re going to expand that circle – with more and more people getting invited. If you want to take it for a spin, get an invitation from an existing beta tester. The next months will bring many additional product features both on the end user and content provider side of things. And, importantly, more and more content. What you’ll see now is a preview of some of the categories of content you will find.” […]