Adobe Media Player: Joost done right

OK, I am sure I will ear about this one but I will write it any way.

Today I decided to install Adobe Media Player on my Mac. The install was rather painless. It required the installation of Adobe Air before the actual Media Player installation.

Once everything is installed and you agree to the terms [...]

XBOX 360 Power Supply Nightmare!

OK, I know this is most likely an isolated case but come on Microsoft!

Story begin on Feb 11 2008 when I found my XBOX 360 to not power up any more ;-( OK, so I call the support number and I am given instruction to ship the defective power supply along with all power cables [...]

Joost denies “US only” focus

Ouf! For a day I tougth I would loose access to Joost since I am a Canadian! But apparently Joost denied the allegation made yesterday by timesonline.co.uk.

The company has about 100 employees and is not planning any major layoffs, but is doing “re-alignment”. Joost is not planning to only focus on U.S….that part is [...]

Joost to become available to US only?

This would really be a sad news… but if the timesonline.co.uk it will be the case. Below are some excerpts from the news:

JOOST is preparing for a major retrenchment after failing to attract enough users and top-flight broadcasting rights.

The company is expected to rein in its global ambitions to focus solely on the US market.

It [...]

Blinkx Launches Yet Another Online TV Service

After Joost, Babelgum, iPlayer, Livestation, Vuze et al comes yet another online TV platform. Web video search index Blinkx is branching farther out in to distribution by launching its own version – hybrid P2P player Blinkx Broadband TV (BBTV). Its only content partners at launch are said to be film distributor Dogwoof and ubiquitous news provider [...]

Firefly brought in to launch Joost competitor

A digital TV start-up has brought in agency support to differentiate itself from established competitors like Joost and Vuze.

Zattoo hired Firefly after a competitive pitch.

The agency will provide UK support ahead of Zattoo’s launch this spring.

The IPTV channel is already a success in mainland Europe, with over 2m subscribers so far. Zattoo has signed up [...]