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It's official, the Skype saga is finally over, with all parties involved most likely satisfied with the results, though not exactly thrilled. eBay got rid of Skype, allowing it to focus on its other assets, most notably PayPal, the investors got a nice piece of the VoIP service and Skype's founders also got... |
6 November 2009
09:50 GMT |
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The Skype deal proves to have some messy complications, at least for some. Yesterday, Joost, the troubled online video company, announced that it outed former CEO Michelangelo Volpi from his latest position as chairman of the board. What does this have to do with Skype? Volpi is now general partner at Index Ventures,... |
12 September 2009
01:55 GMT |
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Joost, once a very promising online video startup with very well-known founders and CEO, has announced it will be going through a transformation, closing down most of its operations and laying off the majority of its workforce. The service will continue as a white label online video platform for businesses looking to... |
1 July 2009
06:36 GMT |
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Joost has always been regarded as a potential YouTube killer and everybody expected to see an attractive competition between the two platforms. But ever since Joost was released, YouTube grew up in popularity and remained the same extremely attractive web service. Meanwhile, Joost struggled to increase the number of ... |
19 December 2007
18:06 GMT |
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YouTube's old killer, also known as Joost, is about to receive a major improvement provided by meebo, the famous platform which enables consumers to communicate through several platforms straight from your browser. Meebo will power the Channel Chat, a new Joost ability which is supposed to support the communicat... |
6 November 2007
14:06 GMT |
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Joost has always been described as a potential YouTube killer because it aims to steal all the Internet consumers looking for online videos and bring them to its platform. In fact, Joost is pretty different from YouTube because the users have to download the application in order to access the service while Google... |
2 October 2007
06:36 GMT |
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The Joost video platform which was often described as the YouTube killer makes another important move for its evolution: a partnership with Ripe Digital Entertainment, the owner of RipeTV, OctaneTV and FlowTV. Through the agreement, Joost will receive several types of video content such as comedy, sports and music. T... |
19 September 2007
08:06 GMT |
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When Joost was officially released, it was described as the YouTube killer that might steal the users from the Google online video sharing service. Yesterday, the Joost co-founder Niklas Zennström said at an Estonian press conference that his video software solution reached no less than 1 million users even if it is ... |
26 July 2007
04:13 GMT |
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LiveStation is a project currently under development, and a joint effort from Skinker and Microsoft. LiveStation is currently in beta stage, but essentially the project is designed to enable users to watch live television on their machines. "Interactive live TV on the PC that works" is in fact the slogan under which ... |
4 July 2007
11:24 GMT |
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Joost, the free Internet TV currently in beta, received an impressive $45 million investment to become even more powerful and crush the rival YouTube. According to ITnews, Joost attracted no more than five famous names such as CBS, Global Expansion Index Ventures, Li Ka Shing Foundation, Sequoia Capital and one of th... |
11 May 2007
10:02 GMT |
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Joost, one of YouTube's rivals, signed a deal with several companies that will make the application more competitive for the Google product. The new partners, CNN, Sony and NHL, will enhance the Joost features to help it broadcast television using the Internet protocols. Some time ago, when Joost was announced, ... |
2 May 2007
04:18 GMT |
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CBS is just one of the companies that announced their plans to challenge Google's YouTube with a similar service able to offer the same features as the online video sharing solution. Today, CBS prepares to confirm some new deals meant to represent the beginning of the revolution, signing agreements with MSN, AOL... |
13 April 2007
04:27 GMT |
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"The magic of television, with the power of the Internet built right in. Joost puts you in control, and TV will never be the same again. Coming soon!" reads a fragment posted on the Joost official website. Well, coming soon meant yesterday for me. I finally got the Joost beta invitation that I had signed up for quite... |
11 April 2007
08:59 GMT |
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