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January 17, 2007

by Kevin Allison
Kevin Allison

Joost another step forward for internet video

Initial reactions to the Skype founders’ new internet television service seem positive. Nikolaj Nyholm, writing on O’Reilly Radar, dubbed the new service, which on Tuesday dropped its code name "the Venice Project" and took on its official name, Joost,  "the iPhone of TV."

Joost bills itself as a "new way of watching TV on the Internet." Its software allows users to stream TV content to their computers, surf through ‘channels’ and even chat with other users.

Meanwhile, Netflix announced Tuesday that it will begin offering streaming movie downloads to subscribers. Together with Apple’s new Apple TV box - which was unfairly overlooked in the frenzy surrounding the launch of the iPhone - the stars seem to be aligning for internet video to move beyond YouTube towards longer-form content in 2007.

January 17th, 2007 in Digital media, Internet, Media | Permalink

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