2006 may have been YouTube's year, but we think 2007 will herald in the video delivery competition and a reemergence of that magical acronym P2P. BitTorrent will likely put their $25 million in funding to good use and create a simpler, more copyright friendly way to use their P2P network. And, other more established tech companies are also looking to get into the content delivery network fray.
But the wild card player could come from the mysteriously-named and appropriately European-tinged The Venice Project. Much of the sex appeal comes from the simple fact that the creators of KaZaA and Skype are behind it. Plus, this nugget on what it promises to be is pretty enticing in a high buzz-word-per-sentence way....
We're working on a project that combines the best things about television with the social power of the internet - a project that gives viewers, advertisers and content owners more choice, control and creativity than ever before.
Anyway, enough mystery. The Venice Project just opened up a private beta and we have an invite. We'll report on it ASAP. So far some early reviews haven't been that great, but we look forward to judging it ourselves and seeing what type of promise (and policy issues) that it might bring once is makes it to the end of the canal and comes out of early beta.
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