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Just played with the new Peerbox application version 0.95. I must say very impressed with the work they did. Very rich application with many options. A very complete library of music. The videos are still brand videos. Easy upload function. Ringtones download. Only strange thing is they say it will cost me 2,20 euro to download a song(ringtones aswell). Have no idea how they organised the billing. I downloaded The Scientist from Coldplay(yeahh) and expected a premium sms..NOTHING. Thumbs up for the effort of creating a user friendly and fast app. Now let’s wait until we have a nice business case..

Have a look at the screenshots..

Yesterday, we were The Venice Project™. Today, we’re Joost™. Tomorrow, we’re yours! Imagine having infinite choice, and TV that is truly interactive. TV anywhere, anytime…

Joost™ is a new way to watch TV, free of the schedules and restrictions that come with traditional television. Combining the best of TV with the best of the internet, Joost™ gives you more control and freedom than ever before - control over what you watch, and freedom to watch it whenever you like. We’re providing a platform for the best television content on the planet - a platform that will bring you the biggest and best shows from the TV studios, as well as the specialist programs created by professionals and enthusiasts. It’s all overlaid with a raft of nifty features that help you find the shows you love, watch and chat with friends, and even create your own TV channels.

Wow.. I just saw how I will watch TV in the future..

I love the interface(see the preview post).

The channel switching(hear Bill Gates at Scobleizer) is acceptable to me(3 sec).

The Plugins are great: You can add IM from Google or Jabber, RSS feeds, channelchat and votes

I have somehow the feeling The Venice Project is more legit than I expected. With other words, I expected a “Grey App”(between legal and illegal) but it looks they choose the “clean path”.

So the P2P part is very limited. I haven’t seen any way to “upload” content or to create my own channel.

Strong focus on music. Looks like MTV is a partner..

Can’t help thinking that it is JUST a “distribution of content platform”. One of the many(in the end).

Looks like the disruptive movement of TV will not be kickstarted by one product(like Skype and Kazaa/Napster did) but it is more an industry movement(evolution).

Some early feedback:

Make the preview icons bigger(or let me choose resolution of metadata).

Make a PC/laptop variant and a TV variant. Both need their own interface.

Create a communication platform for Preview Orientation: I need to know more about the shows. I need recommenders, forum, comments, preview, trailers. Now I directly need to go to the content and start to ZAP. This confronts me with the choice dilemma. The current set-up freezes me up. Zapping through the channels on the Venice Project is not as efficient as on “normal TV”. Somehow zapping looks not be the best way to orientate the supply of TV content. Such a communication platform would enrich the total product alot. It will create value on top of the distribution function(tough competition market).

Probably soon more..

Well. Just received the following email:

Welcome to The Venice Project beta testing program. As you may know, we’re working on a project that we think will completely revolutionise television. Combining the best features of TV with the powerful social features of the internet, The Venice Project will give TV viewers, advertisers and content owners more choice, control and creativity than ever before.

We’d like your help in realising this vision. Today, we’re inviting you to take a sneak preview of our work and take part in The Venice Project’s first beta testing phase. This is a private, invitation-only beta test and the software is still in the early stages, but we would greatly value your opinions. We hope you’ll participate actively by giving us your feedback on everything from bugs to performance issues and suggestions for new features.

To get started, please visit https://www.theveniceproject.com/betatest/ and login with your invitation beta access details:

Username: XXXXXXXXX (CASE sensitive!)
Password: XXXXXXXXX (CASE sensitive!)

IMPORTANT! Please keep a careful note of this email address and password, as you will need them to install and run the Venice Project software. You must use the same details when asked for them by the installation program.

You’ll then be able to download the latest version of The Venice Project application. Once you’ve installed the program, just run it and enjoy watching TV. Play around with its features, flip between channels and keep a note of any problems you experience. You’ll find a form in the beta testing area of the site for reporting bugs - please use it to report any kind of feedback or suggestions for new features as well as actual bugs and technical issues. You’ll also find a list of known issues and guidelines on hardware requirements.

We ask that you agree to abide by our terms and conditions and privacy policy as part of your participation in the beta program. So please don’t give the application to anybody else, or even show it to them. It’s very early days for us, and we want to make sure that the right people see the right software, at the right time.

We’ll be in touch again to let you know when the next version of The Venice Project is available. We hope you enjoy helping us create the future of TV - thank you for your participation.

Best regards,
The Venice Project team

I will share my experiences soon..

Now off to check it out…

UPDATE:
Sorry …

Our download server is experiencing some problems due to high demand (you may get a corrupt download) and there’s also an intermittent problem on the forum with session corruption (one user appearing to be someone else). We’re trying to fix both as soon as we can, but in the meantime it might be better to wait for a couple of hours before trying to download the Venice Project, and we’ve temporarily shut down the forum.

Guess I was not the only new betatester…

On friday Nuvio launched their service.. Just had a testrun with the service and it works pretty good. The picturequality is not so good yet. I liked the interface.

You can download their beta here