Venice video site in beta
Cory Bergman December 12th, 2006
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 the 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 love one, if you’re a tester). In the meantime, Friis was light on details but offered some tasty screen grabs. Click beneath the grab below for two more… (Thanks, Matt!)
10 Comments Add your own
1. Matt_ | December 13th, 2006 at 10:53 am
Ok I was lucky enough to get my invite .And as soon as the folks at Venice give us more invites Ill see what I can do …
The UI is hot is all I can say and very intuative .
Be aware this is a full screen app and and all those on screen menus and controllers all slide away .
They still need to work on the video but their main data center is in europe and they have less than 500 peers on the network once they get a few more data centers across the globe and thousands of peers that thing should look great .
2. charlesc | December 15th, 2006 at 1:54 am
May I have an invitation from you?
3. Andy | December 18th, 2006 at 4:03 pm
Could I please have an invitation?
4. Stan | December 19th, 2006 at 8:33 am
I would love an invite, this is so exciting, good work!!
5. Donna | December 19th, 2006 at 6:59 pm
I love Skype - can I have an invitation too please?
6. Amber | December 31st, 2006 at 9:07 pm
Please could I get an invitation? It is New Years eve after all.
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7. pokusman | January 7th, 2007 at 4:47 am
I’m from Slovak Republic. I’m experienced user, programmer and could be a good beta tester. Please send me invitation token, if it possible.
Thank You very much (pokusman @ gmail . com)
8. Eliezer | January 10th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Hello. I’m experienced user & could be a good beta tester. Please send
me invitation token, if it possible. Thanks in advance!
azoulai@gmail.com
9. Tomislav | April 13th, 2007 at 11:39 am
pleaseeeeeeeee send me invitation.
10. Andrew Peebles | April 24th, 2007 at 6:59 am
Hey guys I am from Australia - just found out about it - we are a bit slow down here - I know nothing about programming and so would be perfect from a UI point of view because it would highlight what the general punter in the street would experience and how they would interact
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