The Venice Project has finally dropped its awkward and ultra geeky moniker in favor of an equally nerdy if somewhat catchy name Joost. TechCrunch was doing some active digging when the story broke.
The new brand was supposed to be announced tomorrow but someone jumped the embargo gun, and now we are all scrambling to catch up. There is nothing new to say since we have pretty much said it all before. NewTeeVee has new screen shots.
1.15.07 (week of) Brand Reveal Media…
U.K. Joost Blog/News Coverage: Skype founders move into net TV By: Rory CellanJones BBC News January 16, 2007…
New Brand Name Getting Juiced About Joost…
According to the O’Reilly Radar blog, the “iPhone of TV” is out and its name is “Joost,” an idiomatic reference to the slang word “Juiced,” started by the famous founders of Skype, Janus Friis and Niclas Zenström. It’s an Internet-based …
Joost on… well, Joost…
As a Dutch citizen who’s never lived in the Netherlands (or speaks the language), my unusual sounding name has always piqued some curiosity, no matter where I lived. Even in the Netherlands, I understand it’s not that common a name…….
hey Om,
Would you have a beta invite to dole out to me ?
cheers!
Sumit.
Thanks for the heads up Om. I downloaded the latest beta from the Joost site. I cannot say there is a difference but that may be because it just brings my WiFi home network to its knees (nothing new there!). And oh yeah, there’s a promo starring Jamie Kennedy right in the beginning. I couldn’t tell what he was saying as the graphics and sound were pretty choppy.
Cheers!
Damn. This news was suppose to be out tomorrow.
You guys have some serious connections.
I want to be part of the gang.
Where do i pay for the yearly subscriptions?
;)
Brings a 2 year PC to a JE ERK -ER-ERK-ing halt
I have a few, so if you want an invitation follow this link and tell me why:
http://www.qoove.com
The question becomes…
…is it prounounced “yoost” or “joost”
I am just using Joost for the 1-st time, using a slow DSL line. But it feels like television already. The quality and resolution are impressing. The images never stand still like the sometimes do when I use the TVUPlayer to see US television from abroad.
The only point is: It is as boring as the television I know. None of the channels does interest me. It is only about celebrities or funsports. Damned! I was so bored by MTV already. Now Joost is copying them.
Hopefully they will be presenting more content soon. I would love to see news programs from other countries and of course movies.
I’d like to get an invatation if there is still one available. Love to check out what they are doing.
I actually liked The Venice Project name way more. Just sounds better and more classy. Joost sits too near Joomla, and means… well, nothing really.
A couple of days ago I looked at Veoh.com player and I liked it more.
Just a comment on the journalism here: why not let your timely reporting speak for itself? You already have a good reputation for scoops, so there’s no need to spend half the article explaining how this might have been another one!
Hi Om –
Was wondering if I could score a beta invite from you.
Thanks…
Parikshat
An invitation to Joost would make my day :)
HEEEEyyy JOOOSters :), give me samo kinde of help, can anyone send me this invitation, cause my name will get bored on their site list :) Give me chance to roll Serbia :))
Thank you, in forward :)))
Ouuups I forgot to put my mail
nikolab@madnet.co.yu
Does anyone have a invation left and would like to share it with me… Preatty please…
email: mymac(at)icep-design.com
Invitation please!!! pretty please!!!! You will be in my books for the rest of my life :-)
flasifl(at)gmail.com
an invitation for the french man please. I’ll send to the others.
Thanks a lot and have fun.
le.zouave.fou@caramail.com
i need a invitation please on joost
if is posible sorry for the bad english
sean from romania codreaovasile@gmail.com
can i get an invite too? anyone?
thanks in advance!!
xvietstyle@gmail.com
please send me an invitation…
please :-)
hakan.brorson@yahoo.se
I would be very glad to get one, too. My e-mail is aywars@gmail.com
Thank you in advance!
Hey Om, Can u pUhleeeese send me a joost invite. Ive been looking for 1 for ages.
rohannat@gmail.com
Cheers,
Invitation please!!!!!! You will be in my books for the rest of my life
jordanaassuncao@ig.com.br