Joost Another YouTube? Review from Technology Review

January 28th, 2007

Technology Review has an article about Joost and questions if it is another YouTube. Some points in the article include:

The Joost browser will allow software developers to create their own plug-ins eventually
The service is free and supported by one minute of targeted advertisements per hour.
CBS’s webcast of the NCAA final-four tournament last month drew a record 250,000 simultaneous viewers. But 140,000 people were left in a digital waiting room. This is where Joost comes in.
Unlike BitTorrent, which requires lengthy downloads, Joost is built for instant gratification. Anywhere in the world, it takes less than five seconds to change the channel.
This technology has been bouncing around academic research for five to six years now
Almost 90 percent of the code for Joost comes from open source, but it’s the final 10 percent that makes the difference.

You can read the entire Technology Review article here.

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