Joost

Joost invites available

by alec on May 16, 2007

The folks from Joost dropped me a note yesterday telling me that they had increased the number of invites I have available to me.  If you need one, drop an email address into the comments below.

If you don’t know what Joost is, it’s the Skype founders latest venture, using peer to peer technology to broadcast television programming via the internet.  There’s a surprising amount of good stuff on it, especially if you’re interested in documentary.  They’ll also have the Stanley Cup hockey games in the coming weeks.

Hockey loving geeks everywhere will rejoice at this announcement

NEW YORK – The National Hockey League (NHL) will offer free hockey programming to consumers on the Joost distribution platform beginning at the start of the 2007 Stanley Cup Final.   The announcement was made today by Joost™, the world’s first broadcast-quality Internet television service.

If only Joost wasn't such a poor experience on my PC.  It really doesn't play well with Windows Vista, it seems.

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Will Joost finally succeed with Interactive TV?

April 20, 2007

Joost Exec VP David Clark recently gave an interview to CBS TV showing off Joost.  He started by describing the quality of the picture, and the universe of channels, and then headed off (at the end) into the hinterland of interactive TV by showing a bunch of features that would allow you to get more information [...]

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