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Joost invites

It seems many people are posting on forum lists or trying to buy on Ebay a Joost invite or a Joost token, personally I decided to think outside the box a little and managed to get one within 3 hours, I did apply to the Beta but was told there was quite a long queue.

So in our forum I offered to tell a few members what I did, and it’s still working!
One of our members received 6 invites! Of course he can only accept one so don’t think that means 5 spare.

          

8 comments February 28th, 2007

Record Label to run a channel on Joost

Beggars Banquet Group and record label are planning to run a channel on Joost offering videos documentaries and concerts.

Simon Wheeler, head of digital at The Beggars Banquet Group, said, “Joost is a very exciting concept and we have been very impressed with the beta trials so far”

          

2 comments February 27th, 2007

YouTube today…Joost tomorrow?

As reported by Business Wire, Joost has been listed in the top 25 start up companies to watch by Business 2.0.

Last year choices such as Digg, Trulia, Technorati, Jotspot, Youtube & Writely have proven to be hugely successful with some of the afformentioned sites being bought by Google.

This year in the video category Joost due for release in the spring gets the nod, with a proven track record in Kazaa and Skype Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom are tipped to have their way with broadcast quality television.

The complete list and descriptions of THE NEXT NET 25 appear in the March issue of Business 2.0 (on newsstands Monday, Feb. 26)

          

1 comment February 23rd, 2007

Joost 0.8.0.1 for Mac

The initial Mac version 0.8 of Joost was made available on February 16 but had problems:

“We’re temporarily suspending the download of the Mac OS X client while we fix a rather severe problem in the platform specific section of the code. The Windows version is fine. Apologies for this - but to some extent this is the inevitable result of being on the bleeding edge of a beta.”

Yesterday, Dirk-Willem van Gulik announced on the forum that “we’re back! - we just put up version 0.8.0.1 to replace the broken 0.8.0 MacOSX build of this morning. Apologies for this - but we had some teething problems with our MacOSX build chain. All part of the ‘fun and games’ called a beta.”

          

Add comment February 20th, 2007

Viacom signs with Joost

Viacom has signed a deal with Joost that will see content from MTV, Comedy Central, and CBS distributed on the new P2P distribution service. The move comes just two weeks after YouTube pulled over 100,000 videos offline. ‘Joost’s promise to protect their copyrights was a major factor in Viacom’s decision, and also a stumbling block in their discussions with YouTube/Google. At the moment is it quite easy to download and store video content from YouTube, but no such exploit for Joost is known to exist.’ It’s also a ’secure’ distribution medium in the eyes of many in the entertainment industry, since users can’t upload content themselves.’

          

2 comments February 20th, 2007

VOY to Create a Latin Channel on Joost

VOY, a leading Latin digital media company, today announced a partnership with Joost™ to provide programming for its innovative IPTV service. VOY will deliver branded channels, including a slate of fresh Latin programming, via Joost’s global distribution platform.

VOY’s channels will feature a variety of programming created by award-winning Latino producers from across the U.S. and Latin America. From short films, to magazine shows and popular TV series, VOY’s programming delivers Latin pop culture while focusing on the issues and ideas that affect Latinos.

          

Add comment February 14th, 2007