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Joost 0.94 available, soon to go live

The guys at Joost are serious about going live as soon as possible. They announced today that beta members will receive unlimited invites to give all of their friends the possibility to get a glimpse at Joost before it goes live. I’m a little bit concerned about their move to go live at this point because the content that is currently available would be considered B-Content by many. Sure there are some channels that will attract fans like the World Poker Tour channel which will not be available in the United States by the way.

This is actually the first time that I saw a notice on the Joost website listing saying which channels would be available in which country. I think it is really interesting to see that users from the United States will be exempt from many channels – possibly a distribution rights issue. Some channels on the other hand are only available to users from the United States (MTV and Comedy Channel to name two).

If you take a look at the What’s on website at Joost you see what I mean. Joost announced high-profile ads from companies like Coca Cola and HP but the content currently offered does not justify those ads. It remains to be soon how the users react when they see what Joost has to offer.

Everything is still free to watch so it will surely draw a crowd that like their things free. I would like to see really good content offered at Joost. What about a movie channel with up to date (or classic..) movies that everyone can watch ? What about live sports events ? I’m sure many users would pay some money to be able to see such things.

Will you give Joost a try once it comes out ?

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About the Author:Martin Brinkmann is a journalist from Germany who founded Ghacks Technology News Back in 2005. He is passionate about all things tech and knows the Internet and computers like the back of his hand. You can follow Martin on Facebook or Twitter.

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Responses so far:

  1. Tobey says:

    Good news, thanx 4 info.

  2. Derrick says:

    Nice…

    I would love a joost invite if anyone is giving invites away.

    meistari.derrick@gmail.com

    Meistari Derrick

  3. Benamed says:

    Hi there,

    I have a question. Since a couple of weeks i’am also running Joost on my pc. But when i look in the widgetmenu to give invites to my friends it says that I can’t give invites. When will I be able to do that. I would love to share joost with oter people….

  4. Ivano says:

    I’d like to receive an invitation..

    info[at]sokker[dot]it

  5. Martin says:

    all invites send out. Benamed, I had 0 invites yesterday and could not send out invites and today I have 999 invites, keep em coming guys..

  6. Gord W. says:

    I would love an invite if someone would care to share.
    tsunami89869@gmail.com

  7. Martin says:

    invitation to Joost send out

  8. Tobey says:

    I’d love to get one too. Thx.

  9. Gny says:

    invite me ! invite me !!!

  10. Josh says:

    I’d also like an invite! Thanks.
    jshbbe@yahoo.com

  11. Benamed says:

    yeah in the morning i had 0 invites to give away and jet i’ve got also 999 :)

  12. Martin says:

    all invites have been sent out

  13. Fabiano Zonta says:

    QUERO UM CONVITE NO fabianozonta@gmail.com

    thanks

  14. RaveN says:

    if you have an invite to share please send :)
    pabloraven@gmail.com

    thank you.

  15. Magnus says:

    Hi Martin,

    I would also appreciate an invite. I guess you (as an admin) can see my email address. If not, it is written here: http://akselvoll.net/blog/about/lang-pref/en/

    Thanks for a good site,
    Magnus

    PS. I hate writing my e-mail address on webpages (and get even more spam). On the page mentioned above I have simply captured it as a png and posted that on my page. Neat?

  16. Luke says:

    Hey – would love a Joost invite if one is going! lukeevendon [at] hotmail.com. Cheers :D

  17. Magnus says:

    Thank you!

  18. Robert says:

    I want a Joost Invite! Thanks

  19. Robert says:

    i want a joost invite. Thanks.

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