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A peer-to-peer TV (P2P TV) system for streaming video over the Internet, developed by Skype and Kazaa founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis. Pronounced "juiced," with its name having no...

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A peer-to-peer TV (P2P TV) system for streaming video over the Internet, developed by Skype and Kazaa founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis. Pronounced "juiced," with its name having no particular meaning in Scandinavian countries (like Haagen Dazs), Joost introduced beta clients for Windows and Mac in 2007.

A Unique Hybrid
Joost is a hybrid peer-to-peer system because it relies on both central servers for downloading content as well as the users' machines. At any given time, Joost viewers may have about eight seconds of encrypted video in their computers, and that content is automatically streamed to other users requesting it. For more information, visit www.joost.com. See P2P TV.



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  • Joost arrives for iPhone

    Back in April 2007 when I first wrote about Joost it was an invitation-only video streaming service from the wunderkind responsible for Skype and Kazaa. Back then it required you to download a...

    Blog posts | December 1, 2008 8:31pm PST

  • Joost streaming video application appears for the iPhone

    The TechCrunch post on Joost for the iPhone came across my Twitter feed so I quickly launched iTunes and found the free Joost application. The application started up and looked promising on my...

    Blog posts | November 29, 2008 12:12am PST

  • meebo hooks up with Joost

    meebo is building on the momentum of it platform push in a new partnership with the Joost. meebo's real-time chat solution, meebo rooms, will be integrated with Joost’s IPTV distribution...

    Blog posts | November 5, 2007 9:03pm PST

  • Commoditizing high quality video

    Is the new version of the Flash Player, which supports HD quality video and the H.264 codec, making high quality video on the web a commodity? Erick Schonfeld seems to think so. He's partly...

    Blog posts | October 12, 2007 11:07am PDT

  • Images: Joost 0.9.1 client for Mac OS X

    View some screen shots from the latest private beta of Joost 0.9.1 for Mac OS X.

    Image galleries | April 6, 2007 11:06am PDT

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  • Joost arrives for iPhone

    Back in April 2007 when I first wrote about Joost it was an invitation-only video streaming service from the wunderkind responsible for Skype and Kazaa. Back then it required you to download a...

    Blog posts | December 1, 2008 8:31pm PST

  • Joost streaming video application appears for the iPhone

    The TechCrunch post on Joost for the iPhone came across my Twitter feed so I quickly launched iTunes and found the free Joost application. The application started up and looked promising on my...

    Blog posts | November 29, 2008 12:12am PST

  • What went wrong with Joost's desktop client?

    The news broke today that Joost, the company which in a lot of ways was on the forefront of rich media, is canning its signature desktop client in favor of a purely web based portal. As a big...

    Blog posts | September 5, 2008 12:07pm PDT

  • meebo hooks up with Joost

    meebo is building on the momentum of it platform push in a new partnership with the Joost. meebo's real-time chat solution, meebo rooms, will be integrated with Joost’s IPTV distribution...

    Blog posts | November 5, 2007 9:03pm PST

  • Commoditizing high quality video

    Is the new version of the Flash Player, which supports HD quality video and the H.264 codec, making high quality video on the web a commodity? Erick Schonfeld seems to think so. He's partly...

    Blog posts | October 12, 2007 11:07am PDT

  • Joost to feature early view of VH1 comedy series

    Internet debut of I Hate My 30s marks the first time that VH1 will put an entire season online before its network debut.

    News items | July 9, 2007 1:29pm PDT

  • LiveStation: A Joost killer in Silverlight clothing

    Update: First off, Ben Homer has what seems to be the very first coverage ever of this, so my apologies. Secondly, my commentors mentioned that this isn't a Microsoft project but actually a...

    Blog posts | July 6, 2007 12:51am PDT

  • Site Offers 20,000 Joost Invites

    GigaOm, NewTeeVee and Joost have teamed up to offer 20,000 invites on a first-come, first serve basis. Joost: hundreds of online tv shows at high technical quality. IM and chat, too. Something...

    Blog posts | May 17, 2007 3:48am PDT

  • Joost goes one beta better

    Commercial launch of on-demand Web program to feature Anderson Cooper, "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," ads, new partnerships.

    News items | May 1, 2007 3:12pm PDT

  • Images: Joost 0.9.1 client for Mac OS X

    View some screen shots from the latest private beta of Joost 0.9.1 for Mac OS X.

    Image galleries | April 6, 2007 11:06am PDT

  • Viacom, Joost strike content licensing deal

    Recently pulled from YouTube, content from MTV, Comedy Central, other Viacom brands to be part of video start-up's official launch.

    News items | February 20, 2007 4:00pm PST

  • Skype founders name new video start-up Joost

    Company aims to a provide a fast, efficient and cheap distribution method to transmit high-quality video over the Internet.

    News items | January 15, 2007 9:30pm PST

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