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Joost looking for cable TV buyer

Rumours that Joost is up for sale are gaining weight following reports that the online streaming service is seeking a cable TV operator for a buyout. ComCast is said to have already turned down a deal, but Time Warner Cable is currently in talks with Joost, according to sources...

Tags: Cable Television, Joost, Cable, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jasper Jackson, Comcast Corp., Time Warner Inc.

Articles 2009-04-27

Industry Moves: Volpi Out As Joost Chairman

Mike Volpi kept the role of chairman when Joost switched to a white-label tech provider and he left as CEO for Index Ventures, an investor in the video startup. That’s over, too.  Volpi told paidContent, following a report on SAI that he was out as chairman, “I will confirm...

Tags: Industry, Joost, Skype Technologies S.A., Corporate Governance, Video On Demand (VoD), Corporate Communications, Portals, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Internet, Industry Moves, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Staci D. Kramer

External links 2009-09-11

Joost joins forces with PS3

Joost Labs is launching a new version of its web TV service for the PS3, making its service accessible on TV sets via the console. However, users will be unable to access content from Viacom, Warner Bros or CBS. Joost...

Tags: Sony PlayStation 3, Joost, Joost Labs, Hulu, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Warner Bros. Entertainment Group, Sony Computer Entertainment, Sarah Vizard, CBS Corp., VIA Technologies Inc., Viacom Inc.

Articles 2009-06-16

CBS launches TV for iPhone

CBS Interactive is offering free content from its TV channels through new iPhone app TV.com. The app streams content from CBS, CW, and Showtime, as well as some material from CNet and other CBS-owned outlets. Most of the video consists...

Tags: Apple iPhone, CBS Corp., Commentators, Hulu, Web Site Development, Wireless LANs, TVs, Web Technology, Digital Video, Tv & Home Theater, 3G, Wireless And Mobility, Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Joost, Jasper Jackson, Apple Inc.

Articles 2009-02-27

Joost signs 11 new content partners

Online TV platform Joost is boosting its programme library by signing deals with 11 new content partners. These include online video distributor Film Chest, independent studio and management company Generate and Rajshir Media, the online and mobile arm of Indian production studio Rajshiri Group. Content from Farmers' Almanac TV,...

Tags: Joost, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Film Chest, Generate, Andrew McDonald

Articles 2008-12-04

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Skype Founders' New Court Filings Include 'Smoking Gun' E-Mails From Ex Joost CEO

[With Staci D. Kramer] For weeks, Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have claimed in legal filings and through representatives to have evidence that former Joost CEO Michelangelo “Mike” Volpi put together an investment group to acquire the virtual phone company by promising access to a technology workaround....

Tags: Joost, Skype Technologies S.A., Erenkranzt, E-mail, Peer To Peer (P2P), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Online Communications, Internet, Emerging Technologies, Patrick Smith

External links 2009-10-15

My Thoughts on the Skype Settlement: Winners & Losers Scorecard

The final results are in: eBay and private investors led by Silver Lake Partners have struck a deal with Skype founders and JoltID, the technology company controlled by Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. They are also transferring the ownership of intellectual property needed to make sure that Skype...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A.

News items 2009-11-06