Veoh - Television 2.0?
Some mail that got through to me in my still not acceptable working condition in Istanbul - a mail that kinda grabbed my attention. It was from Veoh - a company I never heard of before but came from a person I instantly recognized as one of the "VideoBlogging" oldschoolers. So the mail kindly invited me to beta-test what they call Television 2.0. Anyone knowing me and my deep reservations toward Television 1.0 could guess that I am more then interested in trying this out. I can still not succesfully log onto their system yet but here is what the whole thing is about:
Its finally a video streaming peercasting model that - if you have some bandwidth gets you decentralized FULLSCREEN (720x576 25fps PAL or 640x480 30fps NTSC) video - streaming that is. All without a central server all with the humble mission to give everyone a voice who wants to share a thought. That is all I am ever asking for a Television 2.0 and if they can deliver on their claim I am a very happy person. Questions remain: How do they finance? Right now they got class-A venture capital. On advisory board sitting people from CocaCola, HP etc etc. An inquiry from me about how this whole model works out there in the capitalistic consumer world has not gotten an answer yet.
They published a "white paper" with an rough explanation of their approach. To bad the protocoll is not open. Again a company that only halfly understands the importance about open standard protocols to make a product successful.