Skype founders to try online video distribution with Joost

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.

[Jasper @ Jan 15th 2007 10:51PM]

One Dane and one Swede if you please

[Dave @ Jan 15th 2007 10:52PM]

Please, double check your sources, Niklas Zennström is Swedish, I think you even had an interview with him published.

[Brian @ Jan 15th 2007 10:57PM]

I wonder if this will be popular in Israel :)

Ohhhhh, shut up! You were thinking it!

[Guy @ Jan 15th 2007 11:27PM]

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.

[Gast @ Jan 16th 2007 2:46AM]

This should be "The Venice Project": http://www.theveniceproject.com/

[Pingspike @ Jan 16th 2007 10:45AM]

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 ? :)

[Sknox61 @ Jan 16th 2007 10:51AM]

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

[Tomas Vilda @ Jan 17th 2007 7:25AM]

Maybe someone who have invites to joost.com could share? [e-mail]

[Snoo @ Jan 17th 2007 11:20AM]

Yeah, I'd also like a Joost invite so I can have a play :-) shmoking(AT)gmail.com

[Shaun @ Feb 22nd 2007 1:33PM]

Why not just go to JoostSwap.com and plea for one?

[mrcdebenz7 @ Jan 17th 2007 3:58PM]

yeah invite for me to [e-mail] :)

[skylergisondo @ Jan 17th 2007 4:51PM]

lol I'm game. I guess. lol

[e-mail]

[M Henderson @ Jan 17th 2007 7:42PM]

Can I toss my hat into the ring too?

ravegrunt (at) gmail (dot) com

[Marty @ Jan 17th 2007 8:45PM]

I'll toss my hat in the ring too!

ravrgrunt (aT) gmail (dot) com

[chris @ Mar 30th 2007 11:15PM]

can you send me an invitation if you have one
thanks in advance

[Jeremiah @ Jan 17th 2007 11:13PM]

hmmm...well Im currently a beta tester for joost ( The Venice Project). I might help some of you out.

[Asher @ Jan 18th 2007 2:30AM]

Invites you say?! well if you have any spare....firestar129(at)gmail(dot)com :)

[Bahri Yilmaz @ Jan 18th 2007 12:40PM]

Maybe someone who have invites to joost.com could share?
[e-mail]

[guta nascimento @ Jan 18th 2007 8:19PM]

**** ooops ****
*** ??? can someone invite a poor brazilian discriminated-in-all-beta-testers for invading & crashing down Google´s Orkut ??? ****

[e-mail]

[Paul Boissiere @ Jan 28th 2007 9:50PM]

CAn someone invite me....I'm in Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies. I'll be a great tester from way down here

[Paul Boissiere @ Jan 28th 2007 9:54PM]

Invite me...I'll be a great tester in Trinidad and Tobago W.I.

[e-mail]

[Ryan @ Jan 30th 2007 8:51PM]

Yeah, could someone please send me an invite as well?? Much appreciated! [e-mail]

[kolby Davis @ May 10th 2007 7:38PM]

could someone please send me an invite as well? [e-mail]

[Mariusz @ Jan 31st 2007 11:43PM]

Me too. Please anyone send me an invitation ;)

[e-mail]

[Paula Colhour @ Feb 10th 2007 1:06PM]

This new idea reminds me of Marconi's discovery of the wireless radio signal. What a great idea! Joost is.

[Eddiek @ Mar 5th 2007 6:20PM]

Could somebody please send me an invite to Joost. I would really appreciate it

[e-mail]

Have a good day :)

[enrique @ Mar 5th 2007 10:32PM]

Could someone please send me an invite. I'd like to test it out: [e-mail]

[Cruleworld @ Mar 8th 2007 8:21PM]

ah i want a invite for joost so bad

[Patrick Robertson @ Mar 29th 2007 1:48PM]

can i please get an invite?...this joost thing look awesome and id really like to bet a beta tester...my addy is [e-mail]

[Jasra @ Mar 30th 2007 3:56AM]

Hi, can any one please send an invitation to joost, if u left with any invitaions....
[e-mail]

Many thanks in advance

[chris @ Mar 30th 2007 11:18PM]

plz do send me an invitation to [e-mail] if you have 1
Thanks in advance

[joe @ Apr 4th 2007 9:21PM]

if anyone can spare a joost invite I would appreciate greatly! [e-mail]

[mike @ Apr 5th 2007 3:12PM]

hi. i'd like to try this out if someone has an extra invite. thanks!

[e-mail]

[Steve @ Apr 6th 2007 5:21PM]

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.

[Tyler @ Apr 9th 2007 5:48AM]

I wouldn't mind getting my hands on one of those invites. [e-mail]

[syed @ Apr 9th 2007 3:40PM]

I would like to try out joost. Would really appreciate if someonce can send me an invite.

drumsteek(at)aol(dot)com

[sami alwan @ May 2nd 2007 3:12PM]

hi,i if some one invited me to joost that eould be very helpfull.thanks

[Charles Arney @ May 2nd 2007 10:35PM]

I would really, really appreciate a joost invite! Thanks!

[Dan @ May 6th 2007 5:37PM]

hey if you've got an invite it would be great if you sent it my way [e-mail] thanks!

[Steve @ Jun 6th 2007 6:21AM]

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

[e-mail]

[VAS @ Aug 31st 2007 8:49AM]

A joost invite would make me happy :)
Peace!!