Joost, the P2P internet TV application from the creators of Skype and Kazaa, has launched version 0.8 of its beta along with a much needed Mac beta version too. The update has been accompanied by the addition of some much needed channels to Joost. Here’s what Joost had to say:
“Today we have good news, and we have great news. In addition to the 0.8 release which includes new CoreAVC Video decoder, which significantly improves the quality of the video, we also have an Intel Mac beta version.
In checking out the improved video quality, we also hope you’ll notice that we’ve added quite a lot of content and quite a few channels. These include:
- Documentaries from National Geographic;
- Loud noise and fast cars from the Indy Racing League;
- Healthy living programming from Lime;
- A variety of reality series in the Lazy TV channel from Endemol;
- Cartoons like Rocky and Bullwinkle in Saturday Morning TV (Classic Media);
- A lineup of independent film makers from IndieFlix;
- More reality TV with the Bridezillas series from September Films;
- Video gaming tricks and reviews form Gamestar;
- Comical, irreverent and edgy programming from Bite TV
- And cool new Bollywood music videos from Savvn.
The number one question that we’ve received throughout our beta period has been about when we’re going to make a Mac version available. We’re happy that we can finally say, that day has arrived!
The Mac version looks a lot like the Windows version but behaves like a Mac application. Note this beta is still Intel only.”
If you want to see some screenshots and a review of Joost then click here.
Joost Invites
In my last post about Joost I got a lot of requests from people for a beta invite. I choose 2 at random and have sent out the invites.
Adam Hopkinson and Brad Layfield were the lucky people to be selected.
I have managed to get a few more invites for Joost to give away too and I’ll be running a competition in the next week or so. If you are keen to get an invite then you might want to subscribe to WebTVWire by RSS or email to keep an eye out for the competition.
