Joost Invites Are This Year’s Hot Ticket

Sarah Perez on February 24th, 2007

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As I blogged last month, the up-and-coming P2P service, Joost, is the one to watch this year. Still in private beta, lucky testers are enjoying near-TV-resolution images of instant, on-demand TV channels and other video content. Current programming offers content from Viacom, which includes content from MTV, BET, and Paramount Pictures; other Joost content comes from Warner Music. The buzz around Joost is mounting, with people clamoring for invites. In fact, a website called joostswap.com has sprung up, allowing people to swap for invites to the service. Do I have any invites to give? No, I’m just another person patiently waiting after signing up for the beta.

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14 Responses to “Joost Invites Are This Year’s Hot Ticket”

Daniel Lee SaleFebruary 24th, 2007 at 6:20 pm

You could do what I did. Monitor Google Blog Search for “Joost” (sorted by date) and wait for someone to say they’ve got invites to give away. I would invite you, but I have no tokens at the moment
Daniel Lee SaleFebruary 24th, 2007 at 8:24 pm

I was just given some tokens. You should have an invite in your Google mail account.
SarahFebruary 24th, 2007 at 8:32 pm

Thank you, Daniel!! Downloading now!
dcdaveFebruary 24th, 2007 at 8:42 pm

I’ve been testing Joost for awhile now. It certainly has potential, but there are a lot of drawbacks like heavy bandwidth usage, poor content and not-quite-there video quality. The one thing I recommend is fully exiting the client when you’re not using it, as it works similar to skype. If you leave the client on, your bandwidth gets eaten by other people.
MattFebruary 25th, 2007 at 7:46 am

Ive been a user of Joost since late November and I agree the content isnt there and the video isnt the best on some content, but that is partly becuse content owners are not formating thier video for the platform yet .The quality of the video is very dependant on the source material Joost recives .

If you do a search for Snakes which is filmed in High def and has pelnty of slow pan shots you will see the impresive quality of Video that Joost can deliver .T

The Joost developers have said that they have rejected some content becuase the quality was not up to scratch and asked the content owner to resubmit it .

Another way to get invites is ask politely in the Joost IRC channel a few Joost developers and friends of Joost hang out in the channel and they usualy have a handful of invites .

irc://freenode/joost
Mojo DenbowFebruary 26th, 2007 at 1:26 am

shoot me an email and I’ll forward you an invite!
amyMarch 9th, 2007 at 7:27 pm

if you still have any invites i would love one..

thanks a million
William LeMarch 22nd, 2007 at 8:44 pm

Please send invite to
tdot_hustler@hotmail.com
georgieMarch 26th, 2007 at 3:13 am

hello could you pls send me an invite if you have any spare? thanks kind regards georgie
georgieous@hotmail.com
andycapMarch 27th, 2007 at 6:46 pm

Hello i would love an invite if anyone has one

andycap[at]gmail[dot]com

Thanks in advance
mrsurfalotApril 18th, 2007 at 7:06 am

I’m looking for a Joost invite could somebody help me out please
mrsurfalotApril 18th, 2007 at 7:08 am

dropin69@gmail.com sorry forgot that
holdenApril 21st, 2007 at 8:12 pm

Before the list gets any longer, I’d also like an invite please.

viperex_37@yahoo.com
FriedbeefApril 27th, 2007 at 10:50 pm

You can get more Joost invites from my site if anyone’s interested…

http://www.friedbeef.com/2007/.....st-invite/