Just World News (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Yesterday, I went to a thought-provoking discussion at the Carnegie Endowment in which the International Crisis Group's Joost Hiltermann presented and discussed ICG's recent report on the continuing crisis of...
Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Beijing - Internet TV service Joost has partnered with Hong Kong's TOM Group to launch a localized version of its service in China with 16,000 hours of content, Variety reported. TOM will sell ads against the local content, which has been licensed from providers including CCTV, China Record Corp, BTV Media, CAV Warner Home Entertainment and Huayi Brothers Media Group. read more
Mac World UK (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
China heavily regulates online video Joost and Hong Kong-based internet company Tom Online launched a beta Chinese version of the online video service Wednesday.
PC World (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Joost and Hong Kong Internet company Tom Online launched a beta Chinese [ version ] of the...
ChinaTechNews.com (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
According to foreign media, Joost, an American online video service provider, will cooperate with Tom Group to establish a joint venture in China and provide online video services to Chinese netizens. The joint venture will reportedly provide Chinese-language TV programs through the Internet. At present, Joost and Tom Group have opened a website which reportedly can [...]
Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Joost is betting the farm on a re-launch of its once-hyped, now un-loved P2P video service, probably later this summer. But that's not stopping the company from expanding abroad: It is launching a Chinese version today as a joint venture with TOM Group The joint venture will source primarily Chinese-language programming from within China. It launches with 16,000 hours of video and content deals with...
NewTeeVee (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Joost launches a Chinese version today as a joint venture with TOM Online, the Chinese media conglomerate that’s majority-owned by Joost investor Li Ka-shing. TOM is providing local advertising and content — some 16,000 hours of programming from CCTV, China Record Corporation, BTV Media, and others — while Joost is providing the technology. We had recently [...]
Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Joost, the once-hyped-but-struggling-for-relevance online video firm started by Skype founders, has made an interesting move with one of its minority investors: it has launched a Chinese version with Tom Group, with local language content from the likes of CCTV, China Record Corp, BTV Media, CAV Warner Home Entertainment and Huayi Brothers Media Group. I briefly ran into Joost CEO Mike Volpi at the...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Internet television service Joost and Chinese media conglomerate TOM Group will launch a joint venture on Wednesday to court viewers in China, even as the government tightens restrictions on such services.
CyberNet (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
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Freshome (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
The cabinets made by Dutch born designer, Joost van Bleiswijk is the antithesis of the flatpack furniture for they are not screwed or glued together. His collection of No Screw, No Glue cabinets as well as other items such as a serving tray, candelabra, lantern and even a trophy are all made of stainless [...]
Free Software Base (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Joost is a new way of watching TV on the internet. With Joost, you get all the things you love about TV, including a high-quality full-screen picture, hundreds of full-length shows and easy channel-flipping. You get great internet features too, such as search, chat and instant messaging, built right into the program - so you [...]
paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
-- Music Trade News: ToyNews and CasualGaming.biz publisher Intent Media has bought Music Trade News from from publisher MB Media, and will merge it with its own Musical Instruments Professional ( MI-Pro ) mag and website, Mobile-Ent .biz reports. -- Joost Japan: The P2P TV platform has done a deal to take content from Japan's NHK public broadcaster, as it continues looking overseas for programming....
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
TV News: Network to also air 'imagine-nation' on demand -- Pubcaster NHK will offer news and entertainment shows on U.K.-based Internet TV service Joost, the partners announced on Wednesday.
paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Yvette Alberdingkthijm , Joost's NYC-based EVP of content, has quit the company to become executive director of Peter Gabriel's Witness human rights organization. Schooled in law, Alberdingkthijm had long held posts, including business affairs EVP, at MTV Networks ( NYSE: VIA ) before joining Joost in 2005; her remit - to secure much-needed content for the P2P VOD TV platform . But it's unclear how...
