Comments on: Joost Has Some Infrastructure Challenges

By: Joost to Provide Browser based Video Player? Joost, Desktop client, video player, latest news | Software Reviews

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:35:48 +0000

[...] its desktop client which it has launched with much fanfare but run out of favor of customers due to bandwidth limitations, software issues and lack of content etc. Joost is expected to launch a browser based video player [...]

By: Joost Abandons P2P - Or Not? « NewTeeVee

Joost Abandons P2P - Or Not? « NewTeeVee — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:00:45 +0000

[...] a lot of resources developing a working P2P infrastructure for its client. Initially, it had some scalability issues, but it worked fairly well later on. We asked Joost CEO Mike Volpi what’s going to happen to [...]

By: Joost finally discovers the browser |

Joost finally discovers the browser | — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:45:03 +0000

[...] had launched its desktop client with much fanfare but for a panoply of reasons, such as bandwidth limitations, software issues and lack of content, the company lost traction and usage of its client dropped. [...]

By: Joost To Kill Desktop Client - GigaOM

Joost To Kill Desktop Client - GigaOM — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:12:52 +0000

[...] had launched its desktop client with much fanfare but for a panoply of reasons such as bandwidth limitations, software issues and lack of content. Joost isn’t the only start-up to give up backing solely [...]

By: Joost Site Experiencing ‘Unprecedented’ Downtime « NewTeeVee

Joost Site Experiencing ‘Unprecedented’ Downtime « NewTeeVee — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:25:53 +0000

[...] site has been down on a daily basis, for a total of more than five hours. We’ve had technical difficulties with Joost in the past, and the company recently fired its CTO, but what seems to be the problem [...]

By: P2P, Streaming and CDNs: What Will Really Work? « Backkom’s Weblog

P2P, Streaming and CDNs: What Will Really Work? « Backkom’s Weblog — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:04:03 +0000

[...] Player will enable P2P for .FLV clips. (Beet.TV) – Can Joost overcome Infrastructure Problems? (NewTeeVee) – CDN Startups Talk Tough (Light [...]

By: Steve Schear

Steve Schear — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:34:18 +0000

This problem of assuring long-tail content availability is part of what we tried to solve at Mojo Nation (the venture where Bram Cohen learned many of his P2P tricks for Bit Torrent). Our solution, provide a market for pricing P2P resources (e.g., bandwidth, disc storage, etc.) so that real incentives can be offered for clients to cache less popular content.

By: Sriram Krishnan™ Live » 10,000 Joost invites

Sriram Krishnan™ Live » 10,000 Joost invites — Tue, 22 May 2007 20:20:32 +0000

[...] solved with this. But you never know. I never expected them to rush out their service this fast and face problems in the first place… « New Media Alchemy [...]

By: NewTeeVee » P2P, Streaming and CDNs: What Will Really Work?

NewTeeVee » P2P, Streaming and CDNs: What Will Really Work? — Fri, 18 May 2007 10:00:36 +0000

[...] will enable P2P for .FLV clips. (Beet.TV) – Can Joost overcome Infrastructure Problems? (NewTeeVee) – CDN Startups Talk Tough (Light [...]

By: .: Luc Dumont :. » Not Joost one player anymore…

.: Luc Dumont :. » Not Joost one player anymore… — Sun, 13 May 2007 06:26:54 +0000

[...] defined: the potential leader will have to offer great content in a scalable way. Based on this NewTeeVee article, it is not sure Joost are fully ready for the latter point. [...]