The Venice Project

Road Tales From The Venice Project - "Dude, Where's My Router?"

Authored by Jay Baage on December 20, 2006 - 12:17pm.

CORRECTED & UPDATED
Fredrik de Wahl, CEO of the Venice Project, the much discussed internet TV project that was initiated by Kazaa and Skype co-founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, ran into some unexpected car trouble last night. Dirk-Willem van Gulik says on the company blog that in spite of the main router breaking in the process of setting up a new datacenter, the beta version of their Internet TV service "should be up and running just before Christmas."

Will Skype Founders Play Nice With New Internet TV Venture?

Authored by Jay Baage on July 24, 2006 - 7:37am.

The European entrepreneurs Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have assembled a team and are now in negotiations with partners to launch a new TV venture called “The Venice Project”. Zennstrom and Friis have an impressive track record after creating two of the world’s most popular webservices in the file-sharing network Kazaa and IP-telephony network Skype.