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 Send to email | Joost Killing Off The Desktop Client No One Downloaded in General |  By Silicon
el 05-Sep-2008 |  Not news: Joost will soon release a long-awaited Web-based version of its peer-to-peer TV service that works in a standard browser. Kind of news: Om Malik reports that Joost is going to dump the original desktop client altogether.
If true, this is a bit of a surprise because you'd expect Joost to support both for a time, especially if its installed base was big enough to be significant to its business going forward. As Malik notes, both Veoh and Jaman supported both a browser and downloaded client, while de-emphasizing the latter.
But apparently there aren't enough users of Joost's peer-to-peer client to make that worthwhile. Joost has never released user numbers, but advertisers that bought time on Joost say its user base was negligible.
UPDATE: Here's a look at the new Joost, now in password-protected beta, courtesy of TechCrunch.
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| Joost: Web Version Coming This Year | | About time. Way past time, actually: Joost plans to let you watch its Web video directly through a browser window, instead of requiring users to download special software. So says Portfolio, in a lengthy profile of the once-hyped company:
This year, viewers will be able to watch Joost videos in a browser
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| Joost Gets Another Comcast Vet | | Joost is bolstering its tech team with another engineer with a Comcast pedigree. Former CableLabs chief scientist Jason Gaedtke will serve as Joost's "chief architect" and report to the newly-hired SVP of engineering Matt Zelesko.
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| Joost Hires Two From Dailymotion |  Joost, the troubled peer-to-peer Web TV operator, has hired two execs from rival Dailymotion, according to Mediaweek. Joining the company are Danny Passman, named Joost's global head of programming [..] Read complete article | | Published 19-May-2008 by Silicon in General
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| Qik announces client for BlackBerry devices, world jumps for joy |  Sure, there are other services that try and do the same thing, but Qik holds a special place in our hearts. Ever since they announced and released the first streaming client for the Nokia N95, we’ve been pressuring them to release a BlackBerry client. As you are all well aware, RIM doesn’t exactly give [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 27-Oct-2008 by The Boy Genius in BG's CornerBlackBerryOur Favorite SoftwareSoftwarealphabetaboldqikStreaming Video
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