Live Internet TV and video aggregator website Joost, is looking at around for a buyer if reports are correct. reportedly shopping itself around to satellite and telegram providers.Time Warner Cable is reportedly in talks to acquire Internet-video aggregator Joost, according to CNET.
Joost which launched in a the pits of glory in 2007 and was created by the founders of Skype and Kazaa. Launched as a founder of the brave new internet tv world, it has not performed as expected and is now touting itself around TV, Cable and satellite providers.
The Joost flawed internet TV model, relied on a legal P2P model with users needing to download a player application. The trouble is that nobody wanted to when there was equal content available for free without downloading hassle mired.
The cable companies provide the so known as high-speed access dont want viewers to raw(a) their contracts and start watching television on the web. But it is too late and people are doing just that. In their droves.
Broadband connections to the internet is the cable companies most profitable business. Their technology is also more advanced than the phone and mobile companies.
Most would favour? a choice in gainful only for channels they watch, plus they would probably like a bigger variety as well. This is what is on allow for from internet TV. Just visit sites like worldtvpc, Hulu and YouTube to watch a massive variety and selection of streaming content.
So are the cable companies welcoming this new technology with open arms? Are they hell. They are nerve-racking many underhand tactics to keep you on the cable subscription. Another tactic is to cap the amount of data that can be downloaded, or even whack a massive charge per megabyte downloaded.
However this is having little effect on internet television’s takeover. The market is being overpowered with new innovative start up companies are bringing out technology making watching internet TV easier.
Games console companies are also jumping on the internet television explosion. Microsoft with the Xbox 360 which has direct access to websites like Netflix for video on demand. You can also rent movies and TV Episodes with a Sony Playstation 3 console.
Of run-in, all these technologies will however end up as part of a standard television set. And no matter what the cable companies try to do to scuttle their plans. Watching TV using the Internet will be a reality for most of the worlds population sooner sooner than later.
