Skype founders to try online video distribution with Joost
By Darren Murph 
posted Jan 15th 2007 10:15PM
posted Jan 15th 2007 10:15PM
Chances are that anyone remotely in the loop these days would be familiar with "Kazaa" and "Skype," but only time will tell if folks warm up to "Joost." The duo who founded one of the most popular P2P networks as well as a mainstay in every VoIP conversation are finally naming (and launching) its video distribution service, aiming to "cheaply and efficiently distribute high-quality video over the internet" via the same P2P technology that has treated them so well thus far. Unfortunately for them, the road from here is quite rocky, especially when you consider the already well-established iTunes Movie Store, YouTube, and the variety of download-to-burn services currently available. Additionally, Joost has yet to nail down any "marquee partnerships with top film or TV producers," which will almost certainly make gaining marketshare an all but impossible chore. The one thing this rendition has going for it, however, is the general experience in comparison to other alternatives, as reports liken it to a "TiVo-like layout" that gives users next to total control over the content at hand. The company has stated that it will support itself with internet ads that behave like television commercials, which presumably won't come as any shock to consumers partaking in what Joost has to offer. Unfortunately, there's no hard details on when the newfound service will go live nor about what content will be served up, but regardless, a little more competition (and a little less dictatorship) in online video distribution is more than welcome.
One Dane and one Swede if you please
Please, double check your sources, Niklas Zennström is Swedish, I think you even had an interview with him published.
I wonder if this will be popular in Israel :)
Ohhhhh, shut up! You were thinking it!
I've tried it for a while and it's bugged by bandwidth problems. Cool idea, may work with a little tweaking. And, oh yes,Nikls is Swedish at the last check. Denmark is cool, great pubs, but Sweden is still there.
I'v enever had problems streaming on Joost even in the pre-Joost naming period. I dont think the UI is that close to that of TiVo's tbh, but thats me.
A big deal or two is all it needs, and thats a brainfart of a media company exec away.
few tweaks and some top media and this puppy's good to go. Not bad for a kjell +1 (what you think we dont talk to swedish peeps ? :)
This should be "The Venice Project": http://www.theveniceproject.com/
I haven't had any problems streaming it, unless I'm doing 10 things in the background. As I've said to Pingspike, who is my boyfriend, it's not so much what it can do now it's what it is capable of doing
Maybe someone who have invites to joost.com could share? tomas.vilda@gmail.com
Yeah, I'd also like a Joost invite so I can have a play :-) shmoking(AT)gmail.com
Why not just go to JoostSwap.com and plea for one?
yeah invite for me to dan.mercede@gmail.com :)
lol I'm game. I guess. lol
keirgilchrist@yahoo.co.uk
Can I toss my hat into the ring too?
ravegrunt (at) gmail (dot) com
I'll toss my hat in the ring too!
ravrgrunt (aT) gmail (dot) com
can you send me an invitation if you have one
thanks in advance
hmmm...well Im currently a beta tester for joost ( The Venice Project). I might help some of you out.
Invites you say?! well if you have any spare....firestar129(at)gmail(dot)com :)
Maybe someone who have invites to joost.com could share?
bahyilmaz@gmail.com
**** ooops ****
*** ??? can someone invite a poor brazilian discriminated-in-all-beta-testers for invading & crashing down Google´s Orkut ??? ****
guta.nascimento@gmail.com
CAn someone invite me....I'm in Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies. I'll be a great tester from way down here
Invite me...I'll be a great tester in Trinidad and Tobago W.I.
paul.boissiere@gmail.com
Yeah, could someone please send me an invite as well?? Much appreciated! flipside1@gmail.com
could someone please send me an invite as well? Kolbyd@gmail.com
Me too. Please anyone send me an invitation ;)
kumkax@gmail.com
This new idea reminds me of Marconi's discovery of the wireless radio signal. What a great idea! Joost is.
Could somebody please send me an invite to Joost. I would really appreciate it
ekorot@gmail.com
Have a good day :)
Could someone please send me an invite. I'd like to test it out: enriquefig375@linuxmail.org
How do you go about getting an invite to Joost? I just read about it and am interested in checking it out. Thank you very much
ksmtnmn@yahoo.com
ah i want a invite for joost so bad
can i please get an invite?...this joost thing look awesome and id really like to bet a beta tester...my addy is metaphysikz@rogers.com
Hi, can any one please send an invitation to joost, if u left with any invitaions....
jasrad@gmail.com
Many thanks in advance
plz do send me an invitation to mkprasad@engineer.com if you have 1
Thanks in advance
if anyone can spare a joost invite I would appreciate greatly! rjamen@gmail.com
hi. i'd like to try this out if someone has an extra invite. thanks!
mnkyhwii@yahoo.com
I wouldn't mind getting my hands on one of those invites. fm749@cummins.com
stgawne @ gmail.com I have been trying to get an invite for a while and can't seem to find one anywhere. Please send me and invite. You don't know how happy this would make me. I might even jump for joy or do cartwheels down the street and jump in a river or two.
I would like to try out joost. Would really appreciate if someonce can send me an invite.
drumsteek(at)aol(dot)com
hi,i if some one invited me to joost that eould be very helpfull.thanks
I would really, really appreciate a joost invite! Thanks!
hey if you've got an invite it would be great if you sent it my way DanFrg11@aol.com thanks!
A joost invite would make me happy :)
Peace!!