Written by Om Malik
Posted Friday, September 5, 2008 at 7:36 AM PT

 

Joost to Kill Desktop Client

Exclusive: In what is likely to be a major shift in the company strategy, peer-to-peer start-up, Joost is going to stop making its desktop client. The decision to suspend the client is likely to be announced soon, I am told. The company is going to a browser-only strategy where much of its content is going to be available through a browser-based player. Read the full story on GigaOM.

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  1. Don’t we already have a “Hulu”… this is really a bad move for them… best of luck Joost.

    HmmConvenient on September 5th, 2008 at 8:24 am - Permalink
  2. [...] expected Joost is apparently about ready to launch it’s web based offering.  In the process, NewTeeVee is reporting that the will completely get rid of their current full client for Mac and Windows in [...]

    Joost to kill it’s desktop client in favor of a web plugin? : JoostTeam on September 5th, 2008 at 8:29 am - Permalink

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