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Coke Drinks Joost

Written on: November 16th 2007
Author: Editor

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

Written on: October 2nd 2007
Author: Editor

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

Written on: May 10th 2007
Author: Editor

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

Written on: March 2nd 2007
Author: Editor

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

Written on: February 20th 2007
Author: Editor

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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