DISQUS

last100: Viacom seems to have cooled on Joost; is it headed to the Deadpool?

  • Kenneth M · 1 year ago
    i think i heard of joost before. a plugin would be better than downloading and installing more stuff to be honest.
  • Kenneth M · 1 year ago
    i hope the plugin won't require you to make an account like the installer
  • Shane · 1 year ago
    The technology for Joost is pretty nifty. I don't think requiring a desktop app is a deal breaker either. It's actually nice to use. The problem for everyone _outside_ the US is that too much content is locked up based on geographic boundaries.

    If you can't provide a good unified consumer experience, you're going to be doomed to failure in the end. I'd love to use Joost more but the Asia/Pacific content is almost uniformly crap (the wrong type of unified consumer experience).

    The downfall of Joost as a global IPTV player will be because Joost was unable to strike any decent global distribution deals.
  • Lynxx Lancer · 1 year ago
    I've been using Joost since Beta.. and I can say it's good.. They have many updates and more shows are added weekly (or isn't it monthly).