As Mashable has reported this morning, Joost has now moved to a web based version. If you don’t know what Joost is, it is basically a television streaming service but without the ads. There are hundred of channels to choose from and you are able to watch programs straight in your browser.
Joost has channels in a variety of sectors, old television programs, sports, news, music videos and more. It is totally free to watch and can be viewed from any country in the world, unlike Hulu.
When you head over to the site all you need to do is register and then download the plugin that launches the application within your browser, and thats it.
For the last few months I have been testing out a new online TV service called LiveStation. LiveStation is an interactive live TV platform, which allows users to watch tv stations in one simple platform and with perfect streaming quality.
Currently, Livestation is in private beta and has already signed content deals with Bloomberg, Euro News, France 24, Russia Today, Aljazeera and the BBC. The technology they have developed is world class. Due to the platform being straight forward it should also be possible to add a lot more content channels in a variety of genres and every across on to radio.
Currently we have 10 invites free to send to Crenk readers, so simply just leave a message and I will send out invites across.
It has been reported around the web yesterday evening that Meebo has partnered with Joost to provide Chat solutions.
Joost has chosen Meebo as the provider of chat solution on its IPTV service, but I really dont see the point and how this is going to enhance the user experience on Joost. When users log onto IPTV services they do so for the one reason of watch TV shows Free, not to chat to their friends. If they did use the service to chat to their friends how are they going to see what is on the TV, because although it is transparent to some degree, it is still going to be annoying. Thus if you wanted to run both at the same time why not just minimise the Joost service and run Meebo or another chat client in another window. Overlays just dont work!
 
Joost has announced a deal with Major League Baseball to show the MLB playoffs. Joost also have a lot of other sports content such as the Indy Car Series and the Soccer Channel. They are slowly building a very nice catalog.
