Joost this Venice Project

Om Malik | Monday, January 15, 2007 | 4:48 PM PT | 27 comments

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.

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January 17th, 2007
7:45 AM PT

1.15.07 (week of) Brand Reveal Media…

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January 17th, 2007
7:53 AM PT

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 …

March 4th, 2007
8:57 PM PT

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…….

24 comments so far

January 15th, 2007
6:12 PM PT

hey Om,

Would you have a beta invite to dole out to me ?

cheers!
Sumit.

January 15th, 2007
7:04 PM PT

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!

January 15th, 2007
9:01 PM PT
Sahim said:

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?

;)

January 16th, 2007
2:08 AM PT

Brings a 2 year PC to a JE ERK -ER-ERK-ing halt

January 16th, 2007
2:32 AM PT

I have a few, so if you want an invitation follow this link and tell me why:
(link)

January 16th, 2007
8:23 AM PT
Kevin Baggs said:

The question becomes…

…is it prounounced “yoost” or “joost”

January 16th, 2007
10:00 AM PT
Free Laptop said:

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.

January 16th, 2007
10:11 AM PT
Manny said:

I’d like to get an invatation if there is still one available. Love to check out what they are doing.

January 16th, 2007
10:23 AM PT
Artashes said:

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.

January 16th, 2007
12:57 PM PT
Dan Lester said:

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!

January 17th, 2007
12:11 PM PT
Parikshat said:

Hi Om -

Was wondering if I could score a beta invite from you.

Thanks…

Parikshat

January 18th, 2007
10:19 AM PT
xTReMeDiTioN said:

An invitation to Joost would make my day :)

February 2nd, 2007
5:10 AM PT
Nicolas said:

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 :)))

February 2nd, 2007
5:24 AM PT
Nicolas said:

Ouuups I forgot to put my mail

nikolab@madnet.co.yu

February 20th, 2007
9:21 AM PT
Icep said:

Does anyone have a invation left and would like to share it with me… Preatty please…

email: mymac(at)icep-design.com

February 23rd, 2007
3:26 AM PT
John Grace said:

Invitation please!!! pretty please!!!! You will be in my books for the rest of my life :-)

February 23rd, 2007
3:26 AM PT
John Grace said:

flasifl(at)gmail.com

February 26th, 2007
1:25 PM PT
le zouave said:

an invitation for the french man please. I’ll send to the others.

Thanks a lot and have fun.

le.zouave.fou@caramail.com

March 5th, 2007
9:12 AM PT
sean said:

i need a invitation please on joost
if is posible sorry for the bad english
sean from romania codreaovasile@gmail.com

March 6th, 2007
5:23 PM PT
Tin said:

can i get an invite too? anyone?

thanks in advance!!

xvietstyle@gmail.com

March 27th, 2007
7:14 AM PT
Håkan said:

please send me an invitation…

please :-)

hakan.brorson@yahoo.se

April 8th, 2007
5:08 PM PT
aywars said:

I would be very glad to get one, too. My e-mail is aywars@gmail.com
Thank you in advance!

April 15th, 2007
4:15 PM PT
Rohan said:

Hey Om, Can u pUhleeeese send me a joost invite. Ive been looking for 1 for ages.

rohannat@gmail.com

Cheers,

May 15th, 2007
3:41 PM PT
Jordana said:

Invitation please!!!!!! You will be in my books for the rest of my life

jordanaassuncao@ig.com.br

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