Is Joost Failing?

Just under a year ago, I wrote about IPTV company, Joost, closing a susbtantial $45M round of VC funding led by Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures (I also wrote about them a month later)  At that time, I was dubious that the timing of the venture was right, and because of that I was unclear [...]

Has Joost’s New CEO Got It Badly Wrong?

Around a month ago, I blogged about Joost - the new P2P IP television company. Joost aims to be the primary entertainment platform in the home. In that post, I made two points: 1) People don’t really want to watch TV on their computers, they want to watch TV on their big-screen televisions; [...]

Does The Internet Have Enough Juice For Joost?

Joost, the new peer to peer (P2P) television company has just completed a $45M round of financing, led by Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital. It’s a big round of financing, given that it’s so early on in the company’s life. Clearly, they want to get big, fast. It’s not surprising they got [...]