Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com
Doug Berger over at Gadgetel tells me that Venice Project has changed the names and moved new hosting site/s in the name of Joost. In europe, this will sound like "Yoost" and I like the sound and the idea behind it.
If you are looking for invites to Venice Project… OOps to Joost, go over to Gadgetel and leave a comment. They might pick your comment to give the free invite. I did!
Source: voipcentral.org
We have devoted a good number of posts on Venice Project, the new online television service initiated by Skype founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis. I read the latest updates about the project from NewTeeVee. In the post, Om has tried to cover all most all the aspects of Venice Project.
What I came to know that Niklas and Janus duo is building the project on the Mozilla application framework.
Om explains,
Mozilla has blossomed because of its lightweight footprint, security features, but mostly because of a vibrant developer community that has written plug-ins that extend Mozilla in many different ways.
The Mozilla framework would enable the company to integrate a number of web services like social networking, video sharing and online chatting into its client.
Image:Mozilla
Source: voipcentral.org
There has been much hype regarding the Venice Project, codename of IPTV service started by Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom in July this year. I came to know that Janus-Niklas duo has finished the project and set to launch the broadband TV service sometime next year.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Janus Friis expressed that the Venice Project is currently under trial involving 6,000 people and would be available next year.
The Venice Project combines the best things of television with the social power of the Internet. It displays high-quality, full-screen video on a computer screen. It supports both PC and Mac. Like Skype, the IPTV services will be free for all. The customer needs Net connection to access the TV programs of Skype founders.
Friis said,
At the time we launched Skype, broadband capacity was extremely ripe for communication, Mr Friis recalls. Now, three years later, its the same thing for video: you can do TV over the internet in a really good way. TV is a huge medium thats something wed like to be a part of.
He went on saying,
The overall picture is that this is happening. Video is moving online, and people have to find strategies for that.
The rumor is that Skype founders have invested the money that they have gained from eBay by selling Skype for the development of IPTV services.
