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April 24, 2007
Here comes some 'Joost' up Internet TV
Joost (Pronounced 'juiced') is a new offering utilising P2P (Peer-to-Peer) technologies to deliver on-demand near-TV resolution broadcasting over the Internet. It comes from the creators who brought us Kazza and Skype and after E-Bay purchased Skype funding for Joost definitely seems like it is a non-issue. In a similar viral campaign when Google's Gmail product came out it is invite only and my inbox keeps filling up with the question "Do you have a Joost invite for me?" and sadly I don't have any yet, though with some link love to the Joost Blog I may just be able to get some invites for fellow readers of the Bleeding Edge.
There are already some impressive names signed up offering content such as National Geographic, ViaCom (MTV, Paramount Pictures), Warner Music and a recently struck deal with CBS. The platform already has plenty of advertising that are short adverts before the clip of your choice is played and thus far are far from being intrusive. You can head over to Joost and sign-up for the beta and hope that an invite will come your way quickly or keep an eye on the web for others who have invites handing them out.
The biggest issue for Australian's who want to use Joost is the bandwidth requirements both up and downstream.
Joost is a streaming video application, and so uses a relatively high amount of bandwidth per hour. In one hour of viewing, approximately 320Mb data will be downloaded and 105Mb uploaded, which means that it will exhaust a 1Gb cap in 10 hours. Windows users should note that the application continues to run in the background after you close the main window. For this reason, if you pay for your bandwidth usage per megabyte or have your usage capped by your ISP, you should be careful to always exit Joost client completely when you are finished watching it.
There is an introduction video from the Joost team here and the video below is a quick (and rough) video I whipped up showing Xavier Rudd from FabChannel.com and the Aston Martin DB9 from the Fifth Gear TV Series all streamed through the Joost application.
Posted by Stephen at April 24, 2007 10:36 AM
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Hi there!
Joost? You kidding?
There is a software far better than joost and simply to use and anyone can be a joost like.
CUXLDEN For Lite Server is the real p2p based streaming video on your web page.
With CUXLDEN, you can setup your own video on demand service on your blog or web page without headache and cost burden.
I highly recommend CUXLDEN.
Try cuxlden for lite server 1.0.3
This program is based on grid computing(p2p method) to publish high quality streaming video on web page.
You can check out in below download.com link,
Good luck,
Chris Don
EDIT: Link removed due to spam.
Posted by: Chris Don at April 26, 2007 02:04 AM
Chris thanks for the info on Cuxlden and I am not looking for anything to go on a blog or webpage, just a window on my own machine to watch in 'TV' style.
If Cuxlden had the content partnerships that Joost are bringing to the table then no doubt many of the existing P2P applications would work great if they had the content that Joost offers. And as for usability looking at the page for Culxden it isn't as easy as opening a window and clicking a channel and start watching immediately, it is probably simpler than my remote for my 'Real TV'.
Anyone can be 'Joost' like as you put it with a P2P network (Or Torrent/Newsgroup) to download content shared with peers, a legitimate IPTV portal with the content and quality that Joost are offering is what separates it from the rest. With Kazza & Skype under their belts these guys know how to write a very good P2P applications.
EDIT: I was going to bin your comment after a quick look around the web here, here, here or here and you are more than happy to plug Cuxlden as long as the topic contains something to do with P2P so ‘Joost, You kidding?’ you stated above, I suggest you checkout Joost, get some facts right and ‘Stop kidding yourself!’ and stop spamming the web.
Stephen
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at April 26, 2007 02:52 AM
Excerpt from New York Times Article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/26/business/media/26adco.html
Joost, the Internet television service being developed by the founders of Skype, has lined up several blue-chip advertisers, including United Airlines, Microsoft, Sony Electronics and Unilever, as it prepares for its introduction.
Those brands are among 30 advertisers listed as “launch partners” for Joost, which plans to send free, advertiser-supported programming to computer screens using the Internet. According to several people with knowledge of the company’s plans, Joost will begin the broadcasts on Tuesday.
Posted by: Stephen at April 26, 2007 08:15 PM
Hi, happened to stumble on your blog via thelancer.com.au and if you still have any of those 999 invites left, i'd appreciate one!
Having checked out the site and your sample clip, i'm already planning on upping my broadband package.
Posted by: Michael at May 3, 2007 09:16 PM