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Despite plans to focus on other lines of revenue, its Joost.com portal will continue to operate for the time being as they still have programming deals in place with a handful of networks; including CBS, Viacom and Warner Bros. The service officially launched in 2007 and was positioned to become the go-to destination for professionally produced video – mostly because of the reputation of its founders who also created Skype and Kazaa. However, Joost never quite resonated with users.
Some of its early mistakes included requiring users to download a software client, as opposed to YouTube which allowed streaming video directly from the site, and failing to sign the kind of premium content that made Hulu popular. They eventually re-launched as a web-based service and signed new content, but apparently it was too little too late.
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What the hell is joost?
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Twister123 said:
they host movies , tv shows that kinda stuff , maybe the recession got them
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Maybe they should think about making a plugin for Windows Media Center, Boxee and all the other media center software out there. Don't know if the numbers are great but it would set them apart from the rest.
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**** hulu !
ilive in israel and i cant see anything cuz' im "out of the USA""
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Twister123 said:
yes hulu is the same for me unavailable , and I didn't think much of joost
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