Joost beta client 1.1.7 just got released
June 18, 2008
Tought I would share with you that Joost just released version 1.1.7 of it Windows and OSX client. There is apparently nothing visible at this point with the client. It may be that Joost is releasing new version of the client that will enable some inline browser playback when the new web site goes up in a couple of weeks?
As you might remember Joost announced today in a blog post that they are starting to build the new web site infrastructure that will make web browser based video a reality. This is currently comming at the cost of losing the current Joost discussion forum.
Simply follow this link to download the latest Joost client.
TVO got a channel on Joost
June 18, 2008
TVO, Ontario’s public educational media organization, announced today that it is bringing its acclaimed,
thought-provoking programming to Joost, the world’s first broadcast-quality Internet television service.
“Partnering with Joost offers TVO new potential to expand our audience and increase the impact of our unique content in the borderless digital space,” said Lisa de Wilde, TVO’s Chief Executive Officer. “Now more and more people in Canada will be able to discover, on demand, just how true we are to
our vision of empowering citizens through educational media, and to our promise that TVO ‘makes you think’.”
Long known for its brave, bold and provocative documentaries, TVO will fittingly launch its Joost video channel with a sampling from its wide-ranging library of powerful documentary films. Viewers will be able to watch, share and interact with full-length offerings such as the Juno award-winning Escarpment Blues, Vienna 1900, and Canada’s War in Colour. New titles will be added monthly, and will be available for viewing to Joost.com users in Canada.
Plans are also underway to introduce more TVO content to Joost in the future.
About TVO
TVO is Ontario’s public educational media organization and a trusted source of interactive educational content that informs, inspires, and stimulates curiosity and thought. TVO’s vision is to empower people to be engaged citizens of Ontario through educational media.
Joost prepping new web site: Forum has to go down
June 18, 2008
Joost blog report that:
Some of you might have heard that we’re developing a web-based version of Joost. Well, it’s coming and we’re excited about it – and we’re working really hard to build a great platform for video entertainment.
But there’s an unfortunate side effect, and that is that we are going to have to take down our forums while we’re getting the new site up. As a result, the forums will go down on June 20.*
We’ve set up a Google Group that we’d encourage you to visit if you have any questions about Joost or you want to participate in the community conversation – and we’re going to monitor and participate in these conversations. In addition to answering your support questions, we’ll also provide information about new shows and developments.
Please bookmark it and check it out here.
You can also email support@joost.com if you’re having any trouble.
Thanks for your patience. We look forward to seeing you on the new Google Group Joost Forums.
*Not the date when we’ll introduce the web-based version of Joost, by the way.
Joost figured out what to do
June 17, 2008
Silicon Alley Insider published an interview of Mike Volpi about the future of Joost.
Mike report that Joost player was a great execution of a 2006 vision that did not pan out as expected given the new 2008 playing field. Mr. Volpi also reported that Joost hope to provide a better package and presentation solution to content provider hoping they will limit distribution of the good content to Joost and a few others… instead of offering it all over the web as it appear to be the trend at the moment. I am not sure what you are hoping for here but let me tell you Mike… Hulu is king right now for content distribution and it will be hard to displace. Not executing quickly on the web player side it going to be hard to recover from.
But who knows, Hulu was marked by all as dead on delivery but prove everyone wrong. So there is still hope Joost might be able to pull the impossible.
Mike state that alternatively Joost is focussing on indie content… something Hulu is not currently offering. I am not personally interested in indie content but maybe others are.
When asked about running out of money Mike answered that Joost has plenty of money in the Bank. Enough to deliver the new web based solution and tweak it to satisfaction.
Play TV Brazil Launches a New Channel on Joost
June 4, 2008
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Today PlayTV Brazil launches its programming, including Jornal PlayZone, Cineplay and COMBO on Joost™, (www.joost.com) the first global broadcast-quality internet television service.
“With Joost, we are able to bring our programming to people around the world who are interested in Brazilian culture and life,” says Paulo Leal, Corporate Vice President of PlayTV. “Our programming appeals particularly to young people, who are turning more and more to the Internet for their entertainment, which makes our partnership with Joost a perfect match.”
The PlayTV channel (http://www.joost.com/3015naz) on Joost features programming about music, games, technology, movies, cartoons, fashion, celebrities and entertainment. PlayTV is specifically targeted to the young Portuguese-speaking public around the world, including the 3 million Brazilians who live in the U.S. Through PlayTV’s new partnership the partnership with Joost, this population now has free, on-demand access to this programming.
About Play TV:
The first Brazilian game channel, which also opens space for music, movies and interactivity. Fully committed with the young public, the TV has pop programming, with full responsibility over contents. Since its launch in 2006, PlayTV has drawn attention for its language, quality and identification of themes.
Contacts
Play TV, Rio De Janeiro
Leonardo Badra Eid, +011 55-11-31311262
CBS comming out with new HD web player
June 2, 2008
NewTeeVee is reporting that CBS will likely announce a new video player tomorrow, featuring a raft of new features including new ad targeting, content sharing and augmented social capabilities.
AdAge writes that the player will use a content and advertising engine CBS picked up in its acquisition of Last.fm. There will also be content sharing features that we’ve read include embed functionality, and screening rooms where people can watch and discuss video together online.
JoostTeam.com new face
May 31, 2008
You must have noticed a tiny bit of a difference on the web site? No? Darn, I must have screwed up something!Kidding aside, I have decided it was time for a JoostTeam facelift.
So I went looking around and decided to go for a clean cut look and feel with a nice summary front page that show more news that the original layout. Read more
Is Joost pushing the naughty factor a bit too much
May 31, 2008
Joost, the pioneer of peer-2-peer online TV distribution is starting to get noticed for it “provocative” and targetted visual publicity. I personally don’t mind it (hey, I am a man… you know) but some people feel less that excited about it.
I have been asked by some people I shown Joost to if it was some kind of a porn site!
Joost Teams Run the Leiden Marathon (and 10K)
May 30, 2008
The weather was perfect for running, sunny with a cool breeze. The whole city of Leiden was turned upside down to host the biggest sporting event of the year, the Leiden Marathon. From the early morning till late evening hundreds of volunteers and supporters did their best to make sure that the runners had a day to remember. And we did! Read more
Microsoft: It’s Not The Broadcast Flag, It’s A Different Flag
May 29, 2008
After certain NBC TV shows wouldn’t record on Microsoft’s Vista Media Center a few weeks ago, Microsoft admitted that Media Center includes broadcast flag technology, while NBC Universal admitted that it accidentally set the flag. However, now Microsoft is trying to clarify, claiming that it’s not actually the broadcast flag that it included, but an entirely different flag, called CGMS-A. NBC Universal concurs, saying that the mistake it made was in setting the CGMS-A flag. Of course… the real question is why does this matter at all? If the impact is identical (Microsoft willing to let TV networks declare a show un-recordable), then what does it matter which annoying copy protection scheme is used?
[From Microsoft: It's Not The Broadcast Flag, It's A Different Flag]
