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ADOTAS — Joost, Zattikka, Factery.net and [x+1] all had some company news recently emerge. Zattikka, a new player in the social gaming market, has acquired browser gaming portal and iPhone publisher, Gimme5games. Terms were not disclosed. Created by videogame industry stalwart Tim Chaney and ex Yahoo! Europe CEO Mark Opzoomer, Zattikka [...] more...
Joost becomes YouTube roadkill, starts layoffs
ADOTAS — Despite reworking its technology to work in a web browser, the $45 million video service that was supposed to be a YouTube killer is now on life support. Joost CEO Mike Volpi is out and a majority of its employees, nearly 100, will be laid off. A much smaller [...] more...
Joost and Netlog partner
ADOTAS — Hulu gets all the ink, but Joost is still fighting for market share. The video web service has partnered with Netlog, a social network in Europe. The deal will allow Netlog’s 40 million users to access Joost’s video library directly from the social network’s home page. The partnership will [...] more...
Coke Drinks Joost
Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström became famous from their very popular and disruptive peer-2-peer technology product called Kazaa. After many lawsuits, nasty PR battles, a few raids, and finally some settlements the two technology and media wizards from Europe moved on to their next project called Skype. They parlayed the original P2P [...] more...
Now Everyone Can Get Joost
Today Joost, the internet television service and the brain-child of the Skype founders, is launching to the public after months of beta testing. Users can download professionally produced videos onto their computers worldwide. Joost is hoping that word of mouth marketing will help boost their user base and according to The [...] more...
Joost Receives $45 Million Dollar Nod Of Approval From VC Community
Internet TV company Joost has raised $45 million in venture financing. The nod of approval from investors comes just as its product hits the market. Investors include Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, CBSCorporation, Viacom and Chinese billionaire Li Ka-shing. Joost has gained publicity because it was started by Skype co-founders Janus Friis [...] more...
JumpTV, Joost Bring “Ethnicity” to the Web
JumpTV, which offers “ethnic” programming on the Internet, has announced a deal with online video service Joost. The deal, announced today, will enable users to view some of JumpTV’s content online and for free through Joost. The Canadian-based JumpTV boasts 270 channels of TV programs from 70 countries across the world, [...] more...
Viacom Favors Joost over YouTube
After famously demanding that over 100,000 video clips be removed from Google-owned YouTube weeks back, Viacom has announced a distribution agreement with online video service Joost, which was created by the founders of Skype and formerly went by the name of The Venice Project. With the Viacom deal, Joost [...] more...
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