The techie tittle-tattle community is ablaze with Chinese whispers about the latest venture from the founders of Skype.

Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, who also founded music file-sharing service Kazaa, are reportedly getting into telly. No, they’re not the new Ant and Dec - Business Week reckons they’re developing software for distributing TV shows and other video over the net.

If the venture takes off - and, given the gents’ track record and the explosive popularity of TV on the web, it’s hardly likely to be a dud - the world will be at their feet.

London’s Evening Standard newspaper already gave the photogenic pair the full pose-and-pout treatment a couple of months back (how I wish I still had the article to share with you on this steamy afternoon…), so I can only imagine what’s coming next. Bet you’d get a sweet betting price on Janus as the next James Bond.

Worry not, Skypers: Janus and Niklas won’t be abandoning the mothership for the razzle dazzle of TV. These guys can juggle everything. Who said men can’t multi-task?