Inside the Venice Project

Cory Bergman December 22nd, 2006

We’ve seen a small sneak peek, but now GigaOM has a good look inside “the most awaited new application on planet broadband,” The Venice Project. (If you’re not familiar with it, the new video site, currently in beta, is the product of the two guys who built Skype and KaZaa). The video quality is “stunning and crisp” — although it’s just on demand stuff now, not live, which is coming soon — and you can join live chats that are associated with programs or channels. All in all, writes Om Malik, it’s right up there with Skype and KaZaa from a disruptor standpoint. But one thing the site lacks is quality content. “The technology certainly works, and for content providers — say the Disney and Viacoms of the world — this is a pretty good thing. It frees them up from the carriage providers and gives them a global audience,” he writes.