NewsPosts Tagged ‘Joost’
Joost Assets Acquired by UK Vertical Ad Firm Adconion
Joost is dead, long live Joost.
Buried in the noise leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday on Tuesday, the English vertical ad firm Adconion has announced in an understated press release that it has purchased all of Joost’s core assets, effectively shutting down the service, despite promises to continue to “operate the service in its [...]
Joost to Restructure as White-Label Video Platform for Content Owners
The online video portal Joost, founded by former core Skype/Kazaa developers has announced in a press release that it will restructure its business to act as a white label video platform for media companies, including cable and satellite providers, broadcasters and video aggregators with the technology and service offering supporting content owner efforts to build [...]
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ICV2 has a breakdown of ComScore streaming video audience numbers for the month of February that demonstrate the growing audience for anime moving from TV to the internet.
Of note is the fact that Viz’ Naruto came in at #20 on Hulu’s general “All shows/All channels” listing in February, with the original Naruto ranking at #5 [...]
Joost Launches Video Streaming Application for iPhone/iPod Touch
Joost has announced the immediate availability of a new video streaming application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The free application is available via the iTunes App Store and allows complete access to the entire Joost video library over Wi-Fi.
Joost currently streams select anime titles from ADV, Funimation, Viz Media, Gong International, and Sony Pictures [...]
Nippon TV, Dentsu and Yoshimoto Kogyo Team Up on Joost
On the heels of the announcement of TV Tokyo’s partnership with Crunchyroll to stream episodes of Naruto, Gintama, and three other shows only one hour after airing on Japanese television, Nippon Television announced (Japanese only) that they have partnered with Dentsu and Yoshimoto Kogyo to air anime on Joost, the popular VOD internet site started [...]
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