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. [...]

By: Share… » Infrastructure Will Trouble Joost [GigaOM]

Share… » Infrastructure Will Trouble Joost [GigaOM] — Sat, 12 May 2007 08:41:35 +0000

[...] Continue reading Om’s post at NewTeeVee. [...]

By: Joost: será que aguenta ? at Info-LESIum

Joost: será que aguenta ? at Info-LESIum — Sat, 12 May 2007 03:24:12 +0000

[...] badalado aplicativo Joost, que promete videos sob demanada em tela cheia, está fazendo muita gente pensar. Apesar do aporte de capital recente e vários acordos com produtoras de conteúdo, a possibilidade [...]

By: links for 2007-05-12 « Zero influence

links for 2007-05-12 « Zero influence — Sat, 12 May 2007 00:36:34 +0000

[...] NewTeeVee » Joost Has Some Infrastructure Challenges Joost, apparently is going to use some sort of a content distribution network to make up for it all, but that also means the P2P economics that worked so well in the case of Skype may not be an advantage for them at all. (tags: media joost p2p video) [...]

By: utopiaoverip.com | Welcome

utopiaoverip.com | Welcome — Thu, 10 May 2007 23:27:26 +0000

[...] streaming may make this a regular occurrence.” We haven’t experienced what many are describing, but we’re anxious to see who else is having trouble at this [...]

By: A Brazilian Music Channel Launches on Joost » Coolest Gadgets

A Brazilian Music Channel Launches on Joost » Coolest Gadgets — Thu, 10 May 2007 20:10:45 +0000

[...] work of adding new channels and content with each new version, and make absolutely sure that the system will not crash with the addition of who knows how many new users each [...]

By: blog@osd.se » Joost - cool but a bit disappointing

blog@osd.se » Joost - cool but a bit disappointing — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:19:31 +0000

[...] The pauses would of course last longer then, but I think it would have been a better experience. NewTeeVee reports about infrastructure problems with P2P and it could indeed be related to my own problems today. It will be interesting to see how [...]