July 6, 2007
Microsoft announces Joost killer
In its most recent effort to reinvent and polish the wheel, Microsoft has announced what could be called the "Joost killer," although the company formally refers to it as LiveStation. ars technica reports.
"Using LiveStation, PC users can watch live, uninterrupted television from the comfort of their computer chairs.
Co-developed with a London-based company known as Skinker, the Microsoft Research team has created a way to stream live television over a peer-to-peer network and use Silverlight to display multimedia content on the client's system.
Since Joost already does free, streaming television with plenty of extra features, why would Microsoft even bother to go down this road? The answer is simple: because it is taking streaming video one further by offering presumably free, live content. In a video demo, Berlucchi also notes that LiveStation will be easily modified to work with mobile devices.
Currently, Microsoft is taking beta applications, but the LiveStation site warns you up front that only a few people will be chosen as testers. "
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