i've had the cold war kids concert playing in the background - good stuff! top

We're also adding exciting new programming from five content owners - Turner Broadcasting System, Sony Pictures Television, Hasbro, the NHL and SI. Beginning later this week, you'll begin to see shows from these providers on Joost - shows like "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," "The Transformers," "G.I. Joe," "Starsky & Hutch," "Charlie's Angels" and "NewsRadio.

sweet top

they have a channel called saturday morning tv - which they claim has all the cool cartoons from 80s!! top

here's their blurb

Free TV, straight to your PC
* Free to watch, anywhere in the world
* Easy to use, just like regular TV
* No special hardware needed - just a PC or Intel-based Mac and a broadband connection

TV, the way you like it
* Hundreds of shows from your favourite channels
* Full-screen, high-quality pictures and sound
* No fixed schedules - watch what you like, when you like, as often as you want

Be part of the show
* Chat with friends and other fans while you watch
* You're the critic - rate and debate the shows you love and hate
* Build your own playlists and channels top

so many comments! top

Love an invite, mate. top

What sort of "fighting" do they have?

Do they have a Christian channel? top

Are they actively looking for content providers? top

hey ben.
invite sent.
let me know how it goes. top

fighting:

Channel FIGHT NETWORK
do these ring a bell for you?

TKO
MECA
Ballroom Boxing
Rumble on the Rock

they are a lot like ultimate fighting.
(that's based on looking at the little thumbnails... and watching one of the TKO (i think) bouts last week.)

they have another channel call "seconds out" - it looks like it's standard boxing? top

i can't see a Christian channel.

as far as looking for content...
not sure???

cos it's early days - it's still in construction phase.

it looks like all that stuff is being negotiated... not sure how many bucks you need to get a part of it???

here's a clip from wikipedia:

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]

Joost also currently has licensing agreements in place with Ministry of Sound TV, Warner Music, the production company Endemol[8], Diversion Media[9], CBS[10] and CenterStaging's rehearsals.com[11]. On May 1, 2007, Joost signed a deal to distribute NHL content, including full game replays of the Stanley Cup Finals, and vintage games.[12] top

Could you send me an invite too? Thanks... top

I can't get it to work. I've opened the approp. ports, but no joy. Sounds like there's some major issues with 0.9.0. top

Hey Dave. Sounds really interesting. I'd love to check it out.

jones.chris[at]tpg.com.au top

hey cj - just sent it - let me know how it goes. top

thanks mate. works really well. i've got it set as a small window set to 'always on-top' which is great to have music videos running whilst i work...

no christian channel in sight tho... top

good stuff.

what type of bandwidth do you think it's churning through??

peaceout top

according to the joost website:

"Joost is a streaming video application, and so uses a relatively high amount of bandwidth per hour. In one hour of viewing, approximately 320Mb data will be downloaded and 105Mb uploaded, which means that it will exhaust a 1Gb cap in 10 hours. Windows users should note that the application continues to run in the background after you close the main window. For this reason, if you pay for your bandwidth usage per megabyte or have your usage capped by your ISP, you should be careful to always exit Joost client completely when you are finished watching it." top

hay dave,
love an invite..
cheers top

is that andy b?
andy m?
andy??? top

Sounds awesome Dave. Can you hook me up mktooseATgmailDOTcom looking forward to GI Joe. I still have most of my GI Joe stuff. Ahh memories. Not sure about the bandwidth use though - I'll let you know if it works on Mac?!? top

hey matt & kate.

i've sent you an invite. love to know how it goes. top

row and i finally finished the 2nd half of episode 1 of bridezillas last night... fun... crazy women! i'm not sure how it finished... i fell asleep! top

hey andy - i sent an invite to andy b... assuming it's andy b! if it's a different andy let me know! top

Thanks for the invite Dave. I downloaded it before reading the system requirements (oops) and have found that it only works on the newer Macs with Intel processors - bummer! top

bummer.
maybe next computer! top