pgogborn
01-17-2007, 12:19 PM
Owen Gibson, media correspondent
Wednesday January 17, 2007
The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/)
Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, who sold Skype for $2.6bn (£1.3bn) to eBay in 2005, have been developing the new service, to deliver high-quality live television over the internet. Previously codenamed the Venice Project, the new service called Joost will evolve from its beta testing phase to a full launch within six months.
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Most of its revenues will come from advertising, with viewers forced to watch targeted spots.
Joost users will be able to watch established channels or choose something from a large content library, according to their mood and interests, using special search and filtering software. Mr de Wahl said ease of use was the key >
full report (http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1991843,00.html)
In my neck of the wood some of the great and the not so great have been dabbling with IPTV to no great effect. Perhaps a bit of Skype pixie dust will attract enough advertisers and content providers to give Joost more juice than what has gone before.
Wednesday January 17, 2007
The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/)
Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, who sold Skype for $2.6bn (£1.3bn) to eBay in 2005, have been developing the new service, to deliver high-quality live television over the internet. Previously codenamed the Venice Project, the new service called Joost will evolve from its beta testing phase to a full launch within six months.
...
Most of its revenues will come from advertising, with viewers forced to watch targeted spots.
Joost users will be able to watch established channels or choose something from a large content library, according to their mood and interests, using special search and filtering software. Mr de Wahl said ease of use was the key >
full report (http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1991843,00.html)
In my neck of the wood some of the great and the not so great have been dabbling with IPTV to no great effect. Perhaps a bit of Skype pixie dust will attract enough advertisers and content providers to give Joost more juice than what has gone before.