Fullscreen P2P TV
January 26th, 2007 | Published in Uncategorized
Skype founders’ Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis project Joost (formerly called ‘The Venice Project’) promises fullscreen P2P TV, like Babelgum, which is loaded with several handy features in its UI. Both projects are now in beta testing, and Joost say it’s already expanded into a global venture employing more than 150 people.
While the content on the channels still consists of nothing much more than trailers or YouTube type flicks, I’m assuming it won’t be long until Google and others will set up their own similar solutions or take over these projects (well, that’s probably already planned/set up somewhere out there). Content owners and copyright associations will have to follow suit, and finally find more universal solutions and payment models to have their content available for consumers (who’ll get much of that content anyway) through these new channels of distribution.
Karri Ojanen
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I’m an interaction designer, information architect, strategist and creative lead, multi-skilled and versed in creative, strategy and technology. I’m also known as an electronic musician who has traveled the world from Tampere to Tokyo. I earned my experience as art director, concept designer and creative director in Scandinavia, praised for its award-hoarding digital agencies, then went on to work in the Middle East, the United States, and Canada. Currently, I work as Interaction Design Director at R/GA as well as a freelance interaction designer and information architect. My work has been awarded with national and international awards.
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