Joost

joost

Joost, the CBS-backed alternative to the hugely successful NBC/News Corp. backed Hulu has relaunched today. Joost is relaunching with 46,000 “professionally produced videos” which means it is already leaps and bounds beyond TheWB.com. The site even has some content that crosses the aisle, with ‘Friends’ and ‘The Daily Show’. The second coming of Joost comes a day after CBS and YouTubeannounced a deal which CBS and Showtime programs would be made available on the site. I’ve only been a member for a few short minutes but already I’ve noticed some clear differences. While it is more clearly organized than TheWb.com it clearly lacks the plain and simple categories and organization that makes Hulu so easy to navigate. I’ll have to take a closer look later but it looks promising. There is an interactive element that seems to be more prevalent than found on Hulu but bottom line for online video sites is content. Whose got the best shows to watch and the widest variety of movies? Right now, it’s still Hulu. Not that there isn’t competition from ABC.com, TheWB.com, joost.com and, IMDB.com which has the unique ability to take content from several sources to accumulate it’s library. Lastly, it looks like joost has a wide selection of music videos. I’ll report more later and get some screen shots up.


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