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LONDON AND TOKYO – JULY 9, 2008 – Nippon H?s? Ky?kai (NHK), the sole Japanese public broadcaster, announced today that it will bring a selection of its program offerings to Joost™, the world’s first broadcast-quality Internet television service.
“NHK has been a powerhouse of Japanese broadcasting since its launch, and to have a public broadcaster at the forefront of digital distribution demonstrates their innovative outlook,” said Mike Volpi, chief executive officer, Joost. “This is a great opportunity and partnership for Joost; we’re able to expand our international footprint and give NHK the opportunity to introduce their brand of entertainment and news programming to people around the world.” Continue reading NHK Joins Joost
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 [...]
NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 22, 2008 – CollegeHumor (www.collegehumor.com), the definitive source for irreverent student humor and leading online source of original comedy videos, today announced that it will bring its high-quality CHTV original videos to Joost™ (www.joost.com), the world’s first broadcast-quality Internet television service.
CollegeHumor’s CHTV original videos will be made available on Joost through the [...]
Indie music and film site OurStage has announced a new content partnership with Joost that will see user picked content offered to Joost users.Under the deal, OurStage will offer four channels on Joost: Best of OurStage Shorts, Best of OurStage Comedy, OurStage Music Videos and OurStage Artist Access. The channels will give Joost users access to [...]
ARLINGTON, VA – Dec. 18, 2007 – PBS announced today that it will begin featuring select full-length programming on Joost™, the world’s first broadcast-quality Internet television service. At launch, the PBS offering will include popular series, such as History Detectives and Scientific American Frontiers, as well as specials from PBS’ award-winning “Empires” collection.
“PBS is [...]
Zodiak TV-owned UK independent Bullseye Television has expanded its IPTV presence by splitting its existing Braindead channel on Joost into four genre-specific offerings from next month.
From the middle of next month, Bullseye will introduce the Braindead Comedy, Braindead Crime, Braindead Sport and Braindead Reality brands on [...]
NEW YORK – December 17, 2007 – The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Joost™ today announced the launch of the NBA Channel on Joost, the world’s first broadcast-quality Internet television service. The new channel will provide fans around the world with viewing access to “Instant Classic” NBA games and video highlight packages for the remainder of the 2007-08 NBA season.
As part of the new relationship, the NBA Channel will feature complete replays of memorable NBA games, including the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant’s 81-point game against the Toronto Raptors on January 22, 2006, and the Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James’ sensational performance in Game 5 of the 2007 Eastern Conference Finals against the Detroit Pistons, in which he scored the Cavaliers’ final 25 points to lead his team to a 109-107 double-overtime victory.
“The NBA is always looking to further engage our fans around the world and expand our digital offerings with innovative products like Joost,” said Attila Gazdag, senior vice president of global media distribution for the NBA. “With the new NBA Channel on Joost, we offer our fans yet another platform to experience all the action of the NBA in a full-screen, high-quality environment.”
Continue reading NBA “Instant Classic” Games and Highlights to be Featured on Joost
Joost might have been criticed for not having enough content… but if by enough content one mean number of available programs then I have some news for you… Joost just passed the 20,000 programs mark! During the last 3 months and a half Joost grew it’s program selection from 10,000 to 20,000 (based on onthetoob.com [...]
Movie channel Film24 has announced a distribution agreement with online video site Joost.
The new service went live on 6 December with Film24 providing six hours of new content to Joost each month.
Both sides have said they will be working closely with the service to tailor forthcoming programming to its audience’s demands.
Andrew Burns, chief operating officer of [...]
FM2007 PREVIEW: All3Media-owned UK indie North One Television is expanding its relationship with internet TV service Joost after receiving “surprising” returns from the start-up’s first ad revenue pay-outs to its content partners.
North One has created channels on Joost based around motoring magazine programme Fifth Gear and The Gadget Show, both of which it produces for UK [...]
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