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- Tu13erhead, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15even more direct link to beta sign up:
http://www.theveniceproject.com/apply.html - Pluckie, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9direct link and beta sign up:
http://www.theveniceproject.com/ - etandrib, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I signed up last week (or maybe the week before) and I haven't received an invite yet.
- mohamedmansour, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3And there is http://www.tvunetworks.com
- winnch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3>I love how these guys will forever be known as the "Skype creators" until they create something bigger and better.
Trust me. There is absolutely no drawback to being known as the creator of a billion-dollar company. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3ah! he's written it with a typewriter...
- PrincessZelda, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2From what I've read I believe the idea of Venice Project is more to convince networks to actually stream their normal station (live) through an IPTV framework, so it would be more like an internet cable company. It's the next logical step for a service like YouTube, and I'm surprised it's taking another companys efforts to push the idea.
- LoneVVolf, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Did anyone actually get invites?
- jmreid, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I'm feeling generous... here you go little buddy:
http://www.theveniceproject.com/apply.html - EnterDaMatrix, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6Don't forget. Skype founders = KaZaa founders... Also that advertisers line gives me the worries.
- prKsh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2System Requirements
Currently, the beta software runs only on Windows XP with Service Pack 2. New versions of the client for other operating systems will be released in the near future.
Operating system
* Windows XP Service Pack 2
* DirectX 9.0c
Hardware
The Venice Project™ software should be capable of running on computer systems that are up to three years old. The minimum hardware requirements are:
* Pentium 4 processor, 1GHz
* 512Mb or more RAM.
* A modern video card with DirectX support and at least 32Mb of VRAM.
* About 500 MB free disk space; The Venice Project™ software is a 12 MB download, expanding to 40-45 MB on disk. The remainder is used as a cache.
Internet connection
* Broadband/ADSL (1Mbit/s downstream, 512Kbit/s upstream recommended, although lower speeds may well work)
* 1 hour of viewing is 320 Megabytes downloaded and 105 Megabytes uploaded, which means that it will exhaust a 1 Gigabyte cap in 10 hours - teddyd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I really wonder if these guys are going to get quality content from studios... I think they do not like the Kazaa folks very well.
Venice project is the same as Democracy. They are just trying to make money out of it.
I will boycott them and keep using the open source version. - cinnix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"From what I've read I believe the idea of Venice Project is more to convince networks to actually stream their normal station (live) through an IPTV framework, so it would be more like an internet cable company. It's the next logical step for a service like YouTube, and I'm surprised it's taking another companys efforts to push the idea."
That's how I've imagined it to be. Think of the subscription costs to a cable or satellite service. You paying for the television programmes, maintenance for the cables/masts/putting these satellites in the sky... numerous other factors, plus they want to rake in profit (something these TV companies love the most). It's a very expensive method of content delivery, plus its limited to "local" area's.
The internet is an effective content delivery medium (and somewhat cheaper to use). You don't have to spend millions launching a satellite, and you don't have to worry about tree's knocking out cables (the ISPs would deal with the maintenance). Also, being the internet, they should have the resources to broadcast (for example) Lost globally. The advertisements would be global, not just US... that will be a massive difference in funding. Also, shows can be broadcasted in countries they wouldn't of even bothered with previously, more views, more advertisements, more money.
Well, I don't know what they are going to do for sure. But if I can watch Lost, Battlestar Galactica, 24... or whatever, at the same time as everyone else instead of waiting x amount of months (or downloading them illegally, hehe) then I would be very happy. That's regardless of whether there's advertisements shown or whatnot. Oh and for people still skeptical on the quality of the feed, check out www.stage6.com. I was bloody shocked that I can watch good quality videos at amazing speeds. I dunno how they did it, I like to think it was magic. - slowmotiony, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yet Another Botnet Trojan for just everyone!
- raccettura, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've used it, and all I will say is it's pretty good, even in beta.
- prKsh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1For interested diggers, here's some screenshots http://s128.photobucket.com/albums/p189/lame_tvp/The%20Venice%20Project/
This guy violated the NDA. - JarekB, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If anyone is offering invites can I get one also? jarekbg@gmail.com
- PrincessZelda, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Your story's two days old. It can't be frontpaged any longer, so others create stories simmilar if they believe they desirved to get to the frontpage and got a bad rap from a submitter, or it just didn't make it. Welcome to digg, suck it up and quit comment spamming.
- treelovinhippie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2ah yeah, well I guess that would have played a part in creating extra publicity (good and bad) for Skype's launch
- treelovinhippie, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5I love how these guys will forever be known as the "Skype creators" until they create something bigger and better.
Though it's awesome free publicity for them... which also sucks for other entrepreneurs working hard to release their startups whom may have a better product, but end up getting beaten by the celebrity popularity followings of the "Skype creators" - tekn0wledg, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3This is cool and all, but basically it's another YouTube with some P2P and an EPG mixed it. They will have to structure this carefully to make it more of a TVesque type of experience.
- phoenixp3k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I simply wonder how THE VENICE PROJECT will compete against Democracy, Zudeo (Azureus 3) and TVUPlayer. So much competition. They all have different features and are not really aiming at the same crowd. But down the line I can easily see a combination of them all.
- siliconbits, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I wonder how different it will be to Tape it off the web (TIOTI.com) and Current TV from Al Gore.
- bh1nd3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I like how the author(s) of that article say "The venice project's gondola" :P
- kdehead, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1got any screenshots of it?
- davidshq, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm looking forward to The Venice Project launching. I don't think (hope) it will be another YouTube. I think they will land major distribution deals with major networks and stream the videos across the internet. Hopefully it will be quality internet. But at some people I think the major networks have to recognize that if they insert ads into their shows they can offer it via a P2P network at basically no cost (and even make the media expire) and still generate ad revenue. Seems like a reduced cost for increased profit scenario to me.
- XMinusX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The "Disruptor" Strikes Again
- mandarin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's Cereal...
- Scatropolis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I kind of like it. Kind of anti-web2.0
- unholy1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1yum yum. Acronym soup.
- unholy1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That description in the "original" link is about as useful as a chocolate teapot. At least this one gives some idea as to what the article's about!
- choskies, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0So has anyone here actually used it yet? It just seems like there are alot of speculations.
- Vaha, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2This should be pretty cool to try out since YouTube is removing lots of video's!
- mikeearle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0So, imagine all of this but with both a PC client and a set top box offering dvd quality to your television. Ability to browse the web on your TV via the set top box and go back up to 7 days in the program guide (on any channel)and launch a show you may have missed. Ok, there is more, also a full nPVR. Live linear channels from major US broadcasters, VoD, subscription VoD. All 100% legal under content distribution agreements with the rights holders… Tv on the PC is good (we offer it as well) but TV belongs on the, well, TV. We will be in full beta late January, come see us if you want a service that looks and feels like digital cable or satellite, but with more interactivity and better picture quality.
Mike
www.tvanywhere.org - IndyLawSteve, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The interface is really slick and is instantly what jumps out. Its so nice that I want to use it for more than just watching their content. They should really think about allowing you to index your hard drive's content in the program and thus allow it to be used similar to Front Row. It even includes a cool Dashboard-like feature. Streaming could have been more reliable but I'm sure that will improve with more users/tweaking. Sign up, its worth checking out.
- willmaxx, on 12/12/2007, -0/+0After testing various TV software and visiting loads of sites. most of them offer a free trial or preview and then they make you pay to sign up, or are cluttered with ads. I think that is ridiculous... so ive done my research and have found a couple of really decent sites. The first one Id like to draw your attention to is (viewmy.tv) This site has almost 1300 channels from around the globe and counting. it is free to register and they dont ask for stupid details, just your username and email address. It actually streams live channels so you dont have to download any and they have a pretty easy way of finding the channel you want. You can search through genre, country, region or name of the channel. oh and there are no ads either. Check this one out. With over 1300 channels from hundreds of countries, loads of features like channel rating, user recommendations, live chat, profile pages and much much more.
- TherealObadiah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"...the company hopes to create channels that will promote its artists, including "artists" like Paris Hilton."
Bwahahahaha... - jasonscuba, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Interesting. Internet TV is definitly the future. But there already are similar pages, like http://www.MyEasyTV.com/
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0The tech used: Apache, Cocoon, Dojo, Jena, Mozilla, RDF, SVG, XML, XUL
For anything on SVG, see http://svg.startpagina.nl - mrhahn, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Seems kind of similar to the Democracy Player ( http://www.getdemocracy.com/ )
- centurionamx, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I'd love to get one as well. Really curious to get a closer look at this and I promise I'll pass on the tokens I'll get when I'm signed up to other people as well.
Thx - Touchdown, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2Here comes the flood of invite begs.......ala the Gmail launch
Can I get one? :) - danielkoch, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0another TV website - looking forward :)
till than i will use http://www.chooseandwatch.com/ - iAlex, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Dupe.
- iAlex, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Sorry dupe.
- britkev1, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2Anyone have any invites to give out?
- tweeto, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1"Don't want to wait? Try getting hold of an invitation from another tester. All new beta-testers now get tokens allowing them to invite friends and acquaintances, and these tokens will give you instant access to The Venice Project™. Get ahead of the curve - beg your friends for an invite today!
Best regards,
The Venice Project™ team"
Share your invites... - Zot30, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1Here too, anyone care to send over an invite? Thanks in advance.
- iAlex, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1LMAO. Just because Ars Tehnica is writing about it, it gets dug.
http://digg.com/software/The_Venice_Project_beta_test_has_started
WHAT THE HELL. DUPE DUPE DUPE DUPE. Come on guys, just because they are Ars are writing a longer text, gives it more value??
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