Joost Pulls Plug on Client Software

By Geoff Duncan
December 18, 2008

Video streaming service Joost is killing off its client software in favor of being a purely browser-based streaming video service.

Video streaming service Joost—developed by the founders of Skype and once hailed by some as the true hope for Internet-enabled television—has decided to pull the plug on its client software and continue as a purely browser-based video streaming service. Although there's no official word from Joost, apparently Joost's desktop client software for Windows and Mac OS X will stop functioning December 19, 2008. Joost announced its browser-based service built on Adobe Flash technology back in October.

Joost launched with the premise of streaming full-screen video over the Internet, but also integrating social and community features into its interface, enabling users to chat in real time with other Joost user watching mainstream programming. The company also quickly lined up a strong slate of content partners, including CNN, CBS, Jump, ...

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