Joost interview with Chief Technology Officer

February 4th, 2007

Netkwesties has a 4-part interview with chief technology officer Dirk-Willem van Gulik about Joost. Highlights of the interview include:

  • The start of Joost was triggered by bandwidth and broadband connections, availability of content, and the sale of Skype
  • Started highering in Jan, 2006 and first serious coding just started late May
  • Completely different form the interactive searching, downloading and then watching little videoscreens like with YouTube.
  • Statistics show that people just watch more and more tv.
  • Beta test shows people are connected very long times and are loyal to channels
  • The user interface is understood well by testers
  • Partnering with electronics companies to plug in ethernet
  • Very logical next step is HDTV

Read the entire interview at Netkwesties.

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