[dvasco]

 http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/2007...pcworld/128542

 

[Bobcrane]

It truncated your link.


Anywho, I guess I'm still a little confused as to what content they will offer?

 

[kurhurdler]

link doesnt work

 

[dvasco]

That is the 2nd time that a Yahoo News URLS didn't work after posting a link. I am not sure what the cause is. However, do a Yahoo or Google search for Joost for the news story. The website for them is http://joost.com


They have said before they are going to have agreements in order to have everything legal. So they might have a chance of having good content.

 

[icecow]

dvasco's link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/2007...pcworld/128542



tons of Joost story links:
http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/se...=UTF-8&p=Joost

 

[Dan the Man]



Quote:
Originally Posted by icecow /forum/post/0


dvasco's link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/2007...pcworld/128542



tons of Joost story links:
http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/se...=UTF-8&p=Joost

Anyone in the beta have an invite you are looking to get rid of?

 

[slowbiscuit]

There's quite a few other free P2P video streamers that people are using to bootleg channels, out-of-market sports, etc. Two of the more popular are TVUPlayer and Sopcast. But they all seem to be dependent on the whims of users wanting to source a channel. Seemed to be pretty popular for NFL games, I caught a couple that I wouldn't have seen otherwise that way.


Sounds like Joost is trying to go legit and cut deals with the content providers, but I'm still not convinced P2P will be the answer for some of the less-popular content. They claim that they'll always have last-resort servers for stuff that no one else is sharing. I guess we'll see.

 

[icecow]



Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan the Man /forum/post/0


Anyone in the beta have an invite you are looking to get rid of?

No, I just applied for the beta via the non-vip route.

 

[rjh1213]

As far as content goes, Joost signed a deal with Viacom, who own MTV and Comedy Central.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6379595.stm

 

[Creech]

This all very interesting. It continues the path of convergence that has been occuring over the last 4-5 years.


I'm looking forward to seeing what they pull off.

 

[dvasco]

Joost invites like crazy at http://forums.gbpvr.com/showthread.php?t=26180 .


Hurry up icecow.

 

[dvasco]

Here too - http://forums.gbpvr.com/showthread.php?t=23587

 

[icecow]

I just bleated my case (at gbpvr.com).


..and am attempting a charm attack:

http://forums.gbpvr.com/showthread.p...934#post191934


hope I get one.

 

[markl]

I have three that I am willing to give up. First come first served.



Only 1 left

 

[icecow]

sadly, joost runs fringy on my lightweight web browsing low-powered celeron

laptop