Remember back in April when having a Joost invitation in your hands was reason for envy by those who didn’t? The launch of their private beta back then was extremely popular as everybody wanted to get the chance to give it a try. With over 15,000 TV shows and 250 channels, Joost is finally ready to step out into the public with today’s release of the Beta 1.0 version. No invitation is required, and now everybody can experience a new way to watch TV online… Joost style.
Unfortunately, I think their private beta went on for way too long and the excitement over trying it has largely faded away. Many of us who have already experienced Joost have lost interest in it for a variety of reasons whether it be the lack of content (although it appears as though they might have partially solved this issue), no real use for it, or any other reason. I tried it, but never felt compelled to go back. And even with the latest launch and improvements, I still don’t feel the need to go try it again.
According to NewTeeVee who sat down with the CEO of Joost Mike Volpi, they’ve already raised $45 million and they’ve got over 130 employees scattered across several different cities. From the sounds of it, they’ve got big plans of making Joost the next big thing with the help of developers to create widgets and add-ons using the Joost API.
If by chance you weren’t able to get an invitation to tryout the private beta, just head on over to Joost.com. They’ve got a newly designed site, and of course from there you can freely download Joost without an invitation.
Source: Thanks for the tip S!
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And now it says there’s 2 comments, but there’s only one (well, before I’ve posted this comment, right…). I’ve seen this happening before.
Tried Joost and never really liked didn’t do anything for me, still needs that one things its missing
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Yeah, I haven’t been a big fan of it either. The content just doesn’t appeal to me all that much.
So, looks like you have to download software to watch the stuff. Major negative, but not quite enough to kill it.
Does it have 24?
Yes, it requires a download which I’m not a huge fan of. And no, no 24
I’m seriously addicted to that show though. Ryan and I are catching up on seasons 1-6 right now so we’re ready for season 7 come January. Awesome show!
I’m having a very hard time “borrowing” season 6
I’m surprised that sites like Peekvid don’t have it available.
Peekvid has Season6 Episode 5, but none of the others. I’ve looked a lot and can’t find any streaming. I did find torrents, but they’re horribly slow and bring my PC to a standstill
You’re probably best off if you just download them overnight. That’s normally what I end up doing that way BitTorrent can hose up my connection all it wants.