Skype: Founders testing broadband TV service

From cellphones to TVs and PC’s. The founders of Skype have recently announced they’re now conducting tests on broadband television service for computer screens. The project’s called “The Venice Project,” and is currently undergoing beta testing among 6,000 users.

“We are trying to bring together the best of TV with the best of the Internet,” said Skype’s director of strategy and innovation, Janus Friis. According to Friis and Skype’s Chief Executive Niklas Zennstrom, the broadband service was developed using money money when Skype to eBay Inc. for $2.6 billion last year.

And while there aren’t any details of when Beta testing will be finished, this could spell good news for PC with broadband internet connections, the broadband service promises high-quality channels over your choice of desktop. We’ll let you know if there’s any developments for this new broadband service.

Via Reuters

From cellphones to TVs and PC’s. The founders of Skype have recently announced they’re now conducting tests on broadband television service for computer screens. The project’s called “The Venice Project,” and is currently undergoing beta testing among 6,000 users.

“We are trying to bring together the best of TV with the best of the Internet,” said Skype’s director of strategy and innovation, Janus Friis. According to Friis and Skype’s Chief Executive Niklas Zennstrom, the broadband service was developed using money money when Skype to eBay Inc. for $2.6 billion last year.

And while there aren’t any details of when Beta testing will be finished, this could spell good news for PC with broadband internet connections, the broadband service promises high-quality channels over your choice of desktop. We’ll let you know if there’s any developments for this new broadband service.

Via Reuters