Joost Tries to Remain Relevant; Will Nix Desktop Client

Posted by Internet Guru On September - 6 - 2008

Joost – one of last year’s hottest startups and so far one of this year’s biggest flops – is pulling a 180 in strategy. According to Om Malik, the video service will kill off its desktop client and replace it with a Web version

that will utilize a “small plugin that would embed itself in the browser and allow you to grab files using the P2P technologies” Although the required

download was long one of the biggest criticisms against Joost, the company now faces another big challenge:content.

While Joost has scored a number of deals with the likes of CBS and Major League Baseball, one look at the Joost homepage tells you the current state of the company’s catalog. With all due respect to He-Man & Shera, there is no way Joost on the desktop or the webtop can compete with the likes of Hulu, which has thousands of recent episodes of hit shows like The Office, The Daily Show, and House. Read more on Mashable….

by Adam Ostrow

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