Joost (IPA pronunciation: [dʒuːst] "jew-st") is a system for distributing TV shows and other forms of video over the Web using peer-to-peer TV technology, created by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis (founders of Skype and Kazaa). Joost may refer to: Joost, a P2PTV service and software for distributing TV shows online Joost, a Dutch first name Category: ... Image File history File links Joostlogo. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 385 KB) ThijsN 19:06, 17 January 2007 (UTC) This is a screenshot of copyrighted computer software, and the copyright for its contents is most likely held by the author(s) or the company that created the software. ... In software engineering, software maintenance is the process of enhancing and optimizing deployed software (software release), as well as remedying defects. ... A software release refers to the creation and availability of a new version of a computer software product. ... A software release refers to the creation and availability of a new version of a computer software product. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... An operating system (OS) is the software that manages the sharing of the resources of a computer and provides programmers with an interface used to access those resources. ... Windows XP is a line of operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on general-purpose computer systems, including home and business desktops, notebook computers, and media centers. ... Windows Vista is a line of graphical operating systems used on personal computers, including home and business desktops, notebook computers, Tablet PCs, and media centers. ... Mac OS X (pronounced ) is a line of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ... x86 or 80x86 is the generic name of a microprocessor architecture first developed and manufactured by Intel. ... A peer-to-peer (or P2P) computer network is a network that relies on the computing power and bandwidth of the participants in the network rather than concentrating it in a relatively few servers. ... See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band European networks National In much of Europe television broadcasting has historically been state dominated, rather than commercially organised, although commercial stations have grown in number recently. ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... The term Freeware refers to gratis proprietary software with closed source. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... The term P2PTV refers to peer-to-peer software applications designed to redistribute video streams or files on a p2p network, typically TV stations across the world. ... Niklas Zennström Niklas Zennström, born 1966, is a Swedish entrepreneur. ... Janus Friis (born in 1976) is a Danish entrepreneur best known for co-founding the file-sharing application KaZaA and Skype, the peer-to-peer telephony application. ... Skype (IPA pronunciation: , rhymes with type) is a software program created by the entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. ... Kazaa Media Desktop (once capitalized as KaZaA, but now usually left as Kazaa) is a peer-to-peer file sharing application using the FastTrack protocol. ...

Joost began development in 2006. Working under the code name "The Venice Project", Zennström and Friis assembled teams of some 150 software developers in about six cities around the world, including New York, London, Leiden and Toulouse. Joost's CTO is Dirk-Willem van Gulik.^[1] According to Zennström at a 25 July 2007 press conference about Skype held in Tallinn, Estonia, Joost has signed up more than a million beta testers and is on track for an end-of-year launch.^[2] Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the state. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Coordinates: , Country Province Area (2006)  - Municipality 23. ... New city flag (Occitan cross) Traditional coat of arms Motto: (Occitan: For Toulouse, always more) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country Region Midi-Pyrénées Department Haute-Garonne (31) Intercommunality Community of Agglomeration of Greater Toulouse Mayor Jean-Luc Moudenc  (UMP) (since 2004) City Statistics Land... A chief technical officer or chief technology officer (abbreviated as CTO) is an executive position whose holder is focused on scientific and technical issues within a company. ... is the 206th day of the year (207th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... A joint press conference by U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the White House. ... Skype (IPA pronunciation: , rhymes with type) is a software program created by the entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. ... County Harju County Mayor Jüri Ratas Area 159. ...

The teams are currently in negotiations with FOX networks. It has signed up with Warner Music, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Productions (Indianapolis 500, IndyCar Series) and production company Endemol for the beta.^[3] In February 2007, Viacom entered into a deal with the company to distribute content from its media properties, including MTV Networks, BET and film studio Paramount Pictures. Warner Music Group is one of the Big Four record labels. ... “Indy 500” redirects here. ... The IndyCar Series is the premier series of the Indy Racing League. ... Endemol (Euronext: EML) is a television production company based in the Netherlands, with subsidiaries and joint ventures in 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Poland, Netherlands, India, South Africa, Lebanon, Morocco and Australia among others. ... Viacom (NYSE: VIA) (NYSE: VIAb) is an American media conglomerate with various worldwide interests in cable and satellite television networks (MTV Networks and BET), and movie production and distribution (the Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks movie studios). ... MTV Networks is a division of media conglomerate Viacom that oversees the operation of many TV network and Internet brands, including the first MTV channel. ... Bet may refer to: Look up bet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ...

Technology

P2PTV overlay network serving three video streams.

The program is based on P2PTV technology and is expected to deliver (relaying) near-TV resolution images. It turns a PC into an instant on-demand TV without any need for additional set top box. News updates, discussion forums, show ratings, and multi-user chat sessions (often linked to the active stream/channel) are made possible through the use of semi-transparent widget overlays. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The term P2PTV refers to peer-to-peer software applications designed to redistribute video streams or files on a p2p network, typically TV stations across the world. ... The word resolution has several meanings, depending on context. ... In computer software, a widget engine is host software system for physically inspired applets on the desktop (desktop widgets). ...

The current version of the software is based on XULRunner and the audio management re-uses the ZAP Media Kit. The peer to peer layer comes from the Joltid company, which also provided the peer to peer layer of Skype. The video playback utilizes the CoreCodec, CoreAVC H.264 video decoder. XULRunner is a product in development which will serve as a runtime environment for XUL applications. ... CoreAVC is a video decoder developed by CoreCodec which implements the MPEG-4 AVC standard (also known as H.264) used, for example, in next-generation video disc formats HD DVD and Blu-Ray. ... H.264 is a standard for video compression. ...

The Joost P2P technology isn't always reliable, however, as some users report getting the following message after waiting for a few minutes for programs to start: "This program is unavailable right now. For some reason we can't show you the program right now. Sorry about that. Try again later or try another program." When this happens with one program, it frequently happens with all programs.^{[citation needed]}

Joost soft launched its Widget API on August 29th 2007 under a BSD-like open source license and encourages 3rd party developers to create tools for its TV 2.0 platform.

Financing

Joost development

As co-owners of Skype, Friis and Zennström received part of a $2.6 billion cash payment when eBay acquired Skype in 2005, which easily covered the development and marketing cost of their Joost venture. Just a week after launching the service, the founders announced that they had raised an additional $45 million. Sequoia Capital, which backed Yahoo, Google and YouTube; Index Ventures, an early investor in Skype; Li Ka-shing, the Hong Kong tycoon; and CBS, the US media group, have all taken “small minority” stakes in the start-up. Viacom is also understood to be among the partners, although the nature of its backing has not been disclosed. This article is about the online auction center. ... Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded by Don Valentine in 1972. ... Yahoo! - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... This article is about the corporation. ... YouTube is a popular video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. ... An investor is any party that makes an investment. ... Skype (IPA pronunciation: , rhymes with type) is a software program created by the entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. ... Li Ka Shing (李嘉誠 pinyin: Lǐ Jiāch ng, Jyutping: Lei5 Gaa1-sing4), is the wealthiest person in Hong Kong and East Asia. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... Viacom (NYSE: VIA) (NYSE: VIAb) is an American media conglomerate with various worldwide interests in cable and satellite television networks (MTV Networks and BET), and movie production and distribution (the Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks movie studios). ...

Content distribution

As opposed to streaming technology in which all clients get the feed from the server, P2P TV technology differs in the sense that the servers serve only a handful of clients; each of the clients in turn propagate the stream to more downstream clients and so on. This moves the distribution costs from the channel owner to the user.

The Joost service is ad-supported, with advertising analogous to that shown on traditional TV, according to former CEO Fredrik de Wahl.^[4] An analogy is a comparison between two different things, in order to highlight some form of similarity. ...

Joost has 40 advertisers including Sony Pictures, BMW, and Sprite. ^[5]

Availability

Currently, the software is in an open beta stage; As of October 1st, 2007 Joost is available to all viewers. Invites are no longer required to become a user. A software release refers to the distribution, whether public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product. ...

Currently the beta is only available for computers running Windows XP, Vista or Mac OS X running on an Intel Mac. There is no Linux support at this time, although it is possible to get Joost running through WINE. Windows XP is a line of operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on general-purpose computer systems, including home and business desktops, notebook computers, and media centers. ... Windows Vista is a line of graphical operating systems used on personal computers, including home and business desktops, notebook computers, Tablet PCs, and media centers. ... Mac OS X (pronounced ) is a line of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ... The Intel Core Duo and Intel Core Solo mobile microprocessors are used in the Apple Macintosh Intel-processor based computers. ... Wine is a project which aims to allow a PC with an x86 architecture processor running a Unix-like operating system and the X Window System to execute programs that were originally written for Microsoft Windows. ...

The Linux community eagerly waits a native Joost solution.^{[citation needed]}

Programming content

Viacom, Inc., and Joost entered into a content provider agreement for the Joost platform on February 20, 2007. Under the agreement, divisions of Viacom (including MTV Networks, BET Networks and Paramount Pictures) will license their "television and theatrical programing" to Joost.^[6] This came shortly after Viacom requested 100,000 potentially infringing videos to be removed from YouTube.com, which showed a preference by Viacom for the Joost platform over YouTube.^[7] is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... Black Entertainment Television is an American cable network based in Washington, D.C. targeted toward African-American and urban audiences in the United States. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ...

Joost also currently has licensing agreements in place with Ministry of Sound TV, Aardman Animation, Warner Music, the production company Endemol, Wysiwyg Films, Diversion Media,^[8] CBS^[9] and CenterStaging's rehearsals.com.^[10] On May 1, 2007, Joost signed a deal to distribute NHL content, including full game replays of the Stanley Cup Finals, and vintage games.^[11] Ministry of Sound (MoS) is a nightclub in Elephant and Castle, Southwark, South London. ... Aardman Animations is a British stop motion animation studio founded by Peter Lord and David Sproxton in 1972. ... Warner Music Group is one of the Big Four record labels. ... Endemol (Euronext: EML) is a television production company based in the Netherlands, with subsidiaries and joint ventures in 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Poland, Netherlands, India, South Africa, Lebanon, Morocco and Australia among others. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... NHL can also be an abbreviation for National Historic Landmark or Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. ... The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup (French: ) is the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional ice hockey league in Canada and the United States. ...

Much of the content on Joost is restricted to users in North America, due to international licensing arrangements.

See also

• Internet television
• ViewOn.Tv
• Babelgum
• Zattoo
• Miro
• TVUPlayer
• Jaman
• Blinkx
• Jalipo
• Kontiki used by British broadcasters

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References

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Further reading

• Joost ‘opens’ to the public — full review (last100, May 20, 2007)
• Turn up the Joost (bit-tech.net, May 1, 2007)
• Skype Founders' Venice Project Revealed (Business Week, October 5, 2006)
• Nothing to Watch on TV? Streaming Video Appeals to Niche Audiences (NY Times, August 6, 2007)

External links

• Joost website
• Joost Channel Guide