October 1, 2007
Do We Need an Internet TV Network?
Peer-to-peer powered Internet TV network Joost is officially open today, after being in private beta for over a year. Brad Stone who writes for The New York Times Bits blog spoke to Joost CEO Mike Volpi, and asked him where Joost fits into this crowded world of online video.
“The reason to get Joost, is that, first of all you get a great visual experience. It’s high quality video, better than it was even six months ago,” he said. “We also have good content and an increasingly larger library".
Joost doesn't have the latest TV series, which is what I'm interested in and video streaming on the Internet has actually gotten better, just in the last couple of months, and that level of quality is good enough for me. What matters most is content. The latest content.
Joost and Babelgum both remind me of the early Internet. Like Prodigy, Compuserve and AOL, they serve their viewers with a selection, only a small slice of what's available on the Internet. They are gated communites with no direct access to the WWW.
The Joost launch comes too late, with networks across the board offering their TV shows for free, why download Joost?
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