Skype is huge. Really huge. One of the most successful VoIP and IM services on the planet. Jaman, on the other hand, is...less huge. That may change.
No, Jaman isn’t likely to encounter a usage boom in the coming weeks. Growth, sure, but not massive surge in traffic. This is to be expected where independent film distribution on the Web is concerned. But news reported today by Chris Albrecht of NewTeeVee, that Skype and Jaman have entered a deal to allow users of the first service to share clips gleaned from the second, will no doubt come to be seen as a fairly convenient development.
So far, Skype users have been able to access the video archives of sites like DailyMotion and Metacafe. Now the indie film buffs can share in conversation within the Skype universe, too. Ebert & Roeper never had it this easy.