Joost to Launch by Years-End

Once in a while, a new web service will come along that simply takes off right away. Joost was one of those services. Apparently the tv-sharing site is coming along in development quite well, and should launch by years-end. As I’m sure everyone is aware, the Joost beta was quite difficult to get into, with only 1,000,000 testers currently using the app. I look forward to seeing where the service goes once officially “launched”.

Joost aims to provide a YouTube-like video sharing experience, but with authorised content, advertiser support and a peer-to-peer model for content sharing. The use of P2P has underpinned all of Zennstrom’s ventures, from the now-moribund file sharing service Kazaa to the massively successful Skype, which has attracted 220 million users to its free Internet calls service.

Source: APC Mag