“Being American” Made Easy - The Joost Way

Joost will be a perfect tool for BPO, Call-Center and Industry in India as new employees, recruits can be familiarised with the idea of “American Way of Living” easier, quicker. Joost TV Channels can be one tool for Indians workers to learn the American Living and thus facilitate serving the Americans much better. Get Joost, be American!

I won’t be surprised if Joost becomes a must have training tool for new BPO, Call-Center and OutSourching employees in India very soon.

Again! Joost is a new way of watching TV on the internet, which uses new and established technologies to provide the best of both the internet and TV worlds – with programs, channels and adverts. Joost uses secure peer-to-peer technology to stream programs to your computer. Unlike other TV and video-based web applications, it does not require users to download any files to their computers or browse through complicated websites. Of course, you need to download their Joost Client.

Btw, if you’re still not in the Joost beta, come and get your Joost Beta Entry Invite or simply leave a comment asking for the invite.

Hollywood movies have been the perfect source to learn the American way of life (at least to a large extend) and with a universal free-for-all initiative like Joost, it will all add up to be the perfect source of leading the “American Way of Living” right here in India or any other country for that matter. With Joost bringing in majority of the American channel right to your desk and laps, it shouldn’t deter any internet users from being part of the day to day American culture.

It won’t be long for Call-Center trainers to urge the new workers to watch Joost TV Channels to help serve the Americans better. It won’t be surprsing if they have telephonic talks like “So, who do you think is the killer? I will be catching up with the story after work! Btw, your toaster is on its way.” And if you are not using Joost already or not planning to yet, I strongly suggest having it to make the American-Life-inside-the-Office easier.

There was once a promising application that we helped develop (some part of the flash part) - Vongo from Starz. However, Vongo is strictly US regional and is not allowed outside of US.

Currently, the Indian TV has so much of Indian content these days that TV Channels no longer need to buy American Channels to be re-broadcasted in India again. Many of the Indian TV viewers will no longer need an excuse to stay stuck to the Indian Channels anymore, they can enjoy many American Channels through Joost totally FREE of cost.

As of now, Joost tends to be slow and jerky here in India (well there is no peer for me to peer with!). Joost is based on P2P Technology and is expected to deliver near TV quality Pictures. Joost promises to turn PC into an instant on-demand TV without any additional set top box. The current version of the software is based on XULRunner and the audio management re-uses the ZAP Media Kit. The peer to peer layer comes from the Joltid company, which also provided the peer to peer layer of Skype. The video playback utilizes the CoreCodec, CoreAVC H.264 video decoder.

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  1. abhinav May 12th, 2007 at 2:52 pm 1

    I would like an invite for Joost.
  2. Sachin Shinde May 13th, 2007 at 12:06 am 2

    Gosh, that was damn quick response mate. Thank you very much for the invitation.
  3. Eliot May 13th, 2007 at 2:27 am 3

    I would love to review Joost but do not have it yet. Please send an invite. Thanks

    Eliot
  4. John May 13th, 2007 at 11:30 am 4

    Thanks for the invite!!!
  5. ElZ May 13th, 2007 at 12:15 pm 5

    Thankyou sir. Invite gratefully received
  6. Daniel May 13th, 2007 at 1:10 pm 6

    Thank you very much for this fast invite!!!!
  7. mike May 13th, 2007 at 1:21 pm 7

    thank you for the invite :D

  8. Gunnar May 13th, 2007 at 2:49 pm 8

    THANK YOU! :o)
  9. Julien May 13th, 2007 at 2:55 pm 9

    Thanks a lot for the invite ;)

  10. russ May 13th, 2007 at 3:34 pm 10

    THANK YOU!!! Very fast I may add.
  11. James Tecate May 13th, 2007 at 4:08 pm 11

    Rad, thanks!
  12. Matt May 13th, 2007 at 4:24 pm 12

    Thanks for the quick reply with my requested Joost invite!
    You guys rock!!!
  13. pipo May 13th, 2007 at 4:29 pm 13

    Thanks!
  14. James May 13th, 2007 at 4:37 pm 14

    thanks mate. promptness is a virtue
  15. José May 13th, 2007 at 5:43 pm 15

    I got the invite right a few moments after asking for one! Thanks very much, things like those are the ones that count for going to heaven. Now, seriously, thank you so much buddie, that was really nice.
  16. Andy May 13th, 2007 at 5:43 pm 16

    Thanks Brajeshwar!

    Much appreciated!
    Andy
  17. regbox May 13th, 2007 at 6:00 pm 17

    THANKS MAN! (ÄŽAKUJEM IN SLOVAK LANGUAGE :-)

  18. mariusz May 13th, 2007 at 6:09 pm 18

    thanks mate !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  19. Selvakumar Dhanabalan May 13th, 2007 at 6:16 pm 19

    Thank you Very much Friend
  20. Eliot May 13th, 2007 at 6:52 pm 20

    Thank you for the quick invitation. I appreciate it.
  21. mitchell May 13th, 2007 at 7:09 pm 21

    Thanks so much for the invite man!
  22. Miguel Cabrera May 13th, 2007 at 7:27 pm 22

    Thanks a lot for the invitation !!!!!!

    :-).
  23. JOnny May 13th, 2007 at 8:08 pm 23

    Thanks for the invite!!
  24. Sandra May 13th, 2007 at 8:22 pm 24

    Cool! It was really fast. Thanks for the invititation!
    Sweet
  25. Pussar May 13th, 2007 at 8:51 pm 25

    NO1 man

  26. pill May 13th, 2007 at 9:34 pm 26

    Thank you so much for the invite, is very much appreciated & is great you are doing this for everyone….big thumbs up
  27. Shawn May 13th, 2007 at 9:52 pm 27

    Thank you Brajeshwar

    Have a great day.
  28. Seth May 13th, 2007 at 10:24 pm 28

    Thanks!!!!!
  29. Robert May 14th, 2007 at 12:29 am 29

    Thank you!
    Robert
  30. Neill May 14th, 2007 at 1:05 am 30

    Thankyou very much for the invite!

    I think what you’re doing is great, how selfless of you.
  31. Jonas Augustsson May 14th, 2007 at 2:56 am 31

    Thanks so much!!
  32. Sven May 14th, 2007 at 3:01 am 32

    Many thanks for the INSTANT invite!! You are great!

    Sven
  33. Andre Ferreira May 14th, 2007 at 4:26 am 33

    Thanks for the invite!!! :-)

  34. Sushrut May 14th, 2007 at 5:57 am 34

    Thanks for the quick invite…..
    Cheers!
  35. HP May 14th, 2007 at 6:00 pm 35

    Thanx for the invite!!
  36. Boyan May 15th, 2007 at 12:31 am 36

    Can I get an invite please? Thank you.
  37. Robert May 15th, 2007 at 12:35 am 37

    hi, first i would like to say thanks for taking your time to give away invites..

    So thanks for the invite, and have a nice day

    /Robert
  38. Daniel May 15th, 2007 at 12:46 am 38

    hey bro can i get an invite.

    BTW great article
  39. Facundo May 15th, 2007 at 1:27 am 39

    Hi, how are you doing?
    Is there a chance you send me an invite to Joost?
    Thanks in advance.
    Regards.
  40. Martin May 15th, 2007 at 2:04 am 40

    could you please give an invite?
    thanks in advance :)

  41. adam May 15th, 2007 at 4:08 am 41

    great blog and a great service. please invite me to joost.
    thanks
  42. Abel May 15th, 2007 at 7:40 am 42

    Thanks for the invite XD. I will invite as many people. Spread the joost everyone.
  43. DarkElf May 15th, 2007 at 7:03 pm 43

    Could you (or anyone) send me an invite to joost please? Thanks a lot! :D

  44. Casey May 15th, 2007 at 11:23 pm 44

    would love a Joost invite. Danke!
  45. Aaron May 16th, 2007 at 2:50 am 45

    It would be super awesome if I could wind up with a Joost invite…If you’d be so kind to share the wealth I’d absolutely owe you a favor.
  46. Ken May 16th, 2007 at 3:39 am 46

    I’d like a Joost invite please. =)
  47. Zanke May 16th, 2007 at 4:24 am 47

    Interesting article. Watching American TV is a great way to learn how Americans might react in situations and to learn the language, especially the slang. I’m not convinced that it show the American way of life. Hmmmm….I will have to think about that.

    Do you have another Joost invite?
  48. BT Kline May 16th, 2007 at 7:44 am 48

    Golly! You are nice!
    I would love an invite!
  49. Patrick May 16th, 2007 at 7:47 am 49

    Woul LOVE an invite to Joost. I’m very generous with my invites to Oink’s Pink Palace (and all invitees have done a good job of abiding by the rules), and will be VERY generous with Joost invites when I qualify for them.
  50. Patrick May 16th, 2007 at 4:48 pm 50

    THANSKS!
  51. rajesh May 16th, 2007 at 5:26 pm 51

    Id love an invite for joost!
  52. Reinaldo May 16th, 2007 at 7:51 pm 52

    I want to know more about Joost and would like an invite. Why do we need to have an invite?
    Thanks a lot.
  53. Ward May 16th, 2007 at 9:21 pm 53

    Hi, could I please have a Joost invite as well? Thanks!
  54. Mar May 17th, 2007 at 6:28 am 54

    I would like to try Joost. Could you invite me?
    Thank you so much!
  55. Bob May 17th, 2007 at 12:53 pm 55

    i would love one please… you are so cool to give them away to people.
  56. Alex Friis May 17th, 2007 at 9:18 pm 56

    I joost want to thank you!
  57. Joel Rohne May 17th, 2007 at 9:55 pm 57

    I would love to have the opportunity to be invitrd to see how awesome joost is!
  58. Craig May 17th, 2007 at 10:58 pm 58

    I would love a joost invite, it looks amazing.
  59. Rian May 18th, 2007 at 3:51 am 59

    Dear Brajeshwar,

    Please, please send me a Joost invite…..and I swear I will name my first child Brajeshwar in your honor!
  60. Quint May 18th, 2007 at 9:21 am 60

    When you have the time, I’d appreciate an invite as well. I’m hoping to acquire one for my roommate’s birthday.

    thanks.
  61. Phil May 18th, 2007 at 10:22 am 61

    I looked at the Joost site and would like an invite from you. Thank you in advance.
  62. Brajeshwar May 18th, 2007 at 11:03 am 62

    @Rian, It’s Ok! But it will be awesome if you have your son named Brajeshwar!
  63. Quint May 18th, 2007 at 2:23 pm 63

    Wow! That was insanely quick. Thank you very much! My roommate is very excited.
  64. bnewman May 18th, 2007 at 11:14 pm 64

    It’s clear that you pretty much rock. I would love and an invite, if it’s not too much trouble. Thanks, mate.

    ben.
  65. Rahul May 19th, 2007 at 7:09 pm 65

    Hi,

    I feel P2P Television has been around a while and has been used by many in US and other countries. I doubt if that is going to be a revolution as you mention in your article. I feel the TV can’t be replaced that easily - not by the internet - at least for a while.

    btw, This is the first time I have heard of Joost and would be interested in having a look at it. If you happen to have an invite then please send me one.

    Thanks,
    Rahul
  66. xd May 20th, 2007 at 1:08 am 66

    please send me a joost invite
  67. jr May 20th, 2007 at 9:47 am 67

    I’d love a joost invite.
    gomundo@yahoo.com
  68. PA May 21st, 2007 at 1:39 am 68

    From everything I’ve read about Joost so far it really is pretty exciting. If they add just a few more channels that I am looking for I’ll consider dropping my cable service and getting 100% joost-up.

    I’d love an invite!
  69. ben May 21st, 2007 at 7:43 am 69

    I would love an invite. Your the best. //bds
  70. Francois May 21st, 2007 at 12:59 pm 70

    Thank you so much for the invite!
  71. Cody May 22nd, 2007 at 1:13 am 71

    I would love an invite is possible… thanks

    mrcodee@gmail.com

    I’ve been waiting for this day… internet and TV unite!
  72. nulla May 22nd, 2007 at 2:04 am 72

    Yeah me too :)

  73. Mark Fowler May 22nd, 2007 at 11:00 pm 73

    Hey…Any invites left? Thanks
  74. durut May 23rd, 2007 at 2:31 am 74

    please invite me!
  75. Zak Wolfinger May 23rd, 2007 at 8:07 pm 75

    Great info on Joost. Please also send me an invite. Thanks!
  76. Henry May 23rd, 2007 at 10:38 pm 76

    I love the idea of Joost and think it’s revolutionary and a whole new step in web 2.0. The whole point of Joost is fantastic!!!!

    Also I would love an invite if you have time…. Thanks
  77. Sunit May 24th, 2007 at 7:35 am 77

    Thanks for the great coverage on Joost. An invite will be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks.
  78. Sid May 24th, 2007 at 11:03 pm 78

    Invite me man….I’ll appreciate.
  79. Bob Bonomi May 25th, 2007 at 1:06 am 79

    Interesting article. Joost is an interesting concept — I’d like an invite to check it out.

    I think it will work well in those countries which are not filtering the content they receive over the Internet, but with China and some other closed societies it may be a different story.

    The technology, however, is fascinating. If they can support the load then I see this as an alternate vehicle for intranet training as well as commercial programming.

    Regards,
  80. Ironhawk May 25th, 2007 at 1:51 am 80

    Please invite me to Joost. I appreciate in advance.

    Thanks for the service!
  81. Stacy May 25th, 2007 at 2:14 am 81

    I know you’re probably busy doling out Joost invites already, but if you could spare another moment to send me one I’d appreciate it.
    Thanks!
  82. tony Hiller May 25th, 2007 at 3:40 am 82

    Hmm - scary thought - learning about Americans from American TV.

    Thanks for doing this - I’d love an invite too.
  83. Prasad Pn May 25th, 2007 at 1:40 pm 83

    Pl send me joost invite
    pnprasad05@gmail.com
    thanks
  84. Rik V. May 26th, 2007 at 12:41 am 84

    Quite a grassroots campaign to get online TV “to the masses”.
    Please send me and invite as well, and I will reciprocate in kind to as many as I can.
  85. Antoine Lafontaine May 26th, 2007 at 11:07 am 85

    I’d like to have a seat on the bus too. Please send me an invite. Of course, I intend to spread the love myself. Thanks
  86. hashim khabbaz May 27th, 2007 at 2:33 am 86

    please invite me to joost! thank you so much for your hard work!
  87. AVEbrahimi May 27th, 2007 at 2:36 pm 87

    Hi:

    Please let me have a JOOST invitation

    Thanks!
  88. Doug May 27th, 2007 at 9:32 pm 88

    I am an American, and I would like an invite to Joost, too!

    Doug W.
  89. dainiookas May 27th, 2007 at 11:27 pm 89

    hey
    can you give an invite to
    dainiookas@gmail.com
    Thanks!!!!
  90. roger May 29th, 2007 at 6:47 am 90

    you hv invited so many ppl already, you are great, please invite one more, me.  thank you so much.
  91. opus May 29th, 2007 at 3:35 pm 91

    I just get to know this Joost. How dumb am I.

    Please invite me to it, thank you.
  92. john laborit May 29th, 2007 at 5:07 pm 92

    thanks for the forthcoming joost invite, very nice of you
  93. Justin Wong May 29th, 2007 at 8:16 pm 93

    Pls invite me. Thanks!
  94. Dwayne May 29th, 2007 at 8:18 pm 94

    Thanks so much for your willingness to “spread the fun.” I would very much like to have a Joost invite. I will come back and give my impressions, I promise!

    Thanks in advance,

    Dwayne
  95. JJ May 29th, 2007 at 9:18 pm 95

    Could I please get an invite?

    Thanks!
  96. Peter H May 30th, 2007 at 12:10 am 96

    Changing TV forever? I’ll tell you what I think. THX for invite’
  97. Packet Boy May 30th, 2007 at 1:19 am 97

    I would like an invite if you have any left.

    Thank You!
  98. Fred May 30th, 2007 at 4:23 am 98

    Hi,

    If there are any invitations left, can I have one ? :)

    Thanks!
  99. Stephane May 30th, 2007 at 4:24 am 99

    Looks awesome!

    Can I get an invite to try joost ?

    thank you ;)

  100. GSubra May 30th, 2007 at 10:32 am 100

    Hello Braj

    Would appreciate a JOOST invite and I will pass on the favor to a bunch of folks (although I may not achieve the 1000+ that you have!).

    Always felt that the REAL product of TV was servingup an audience to advertisers and that programming was an afterthought.

    JOOST outs a new spin on that!

    Thanks
  101. Varun Mani May 30th, 2007 at 10:45 am 101

    Hey man could I please have an invite?!?!

    I will surely invite others too!

    Thanks!
  102. Dan May 30th, 2007 at 7:16 pm 102

    Could you please invite me?

    TIA
    /Dan
  103. Allan May 31st, 2007 at 4:58 am 103

    I live in the country and would love to try Joost…. I have been waiting for this as satellite is not an option for me due to trees….
  104. Jon Ponder May 31st, 2007 at 8:19 am 104

    Howdy. I’d love to get one of those invites. Thanks for being so generous.
    Jon
  105. Carl June 1st, 2007 at 4:34 am 105

    Could I also please get an invite mate?
  106. Marie June 4th, 2007 at 12:56 am 106

    Hej..Joost me, please!

    magicamsol(at)yahoo.se

    Tack!

    /Marie
  107. Jason June 4th, 2007 at 11:07 am 107

    Thanks for doing this!!
  108. Jason June 4th, 2007 at 11:08 am 108

    I have not been invited yet, was just thanking you in advance.
  109. chaithanya June 5th, 2007 at 5:53 pm 109

    thanks for the invite mate
  110. Fred Federlein June 5th, 2007 at 10:45 pm 110

    Sounds like awsome technology that could be applied in many ways…
  111. Curt June 7th, 2007 at 7:51 pm 111

    Being an anti-technophobe, I’d like an invte to Joost. Thanks!
  112. Rocket June 8th, 2007 at 10:21 am 112

    The article on “Being American” was great! I for one do not mind speaking to call center reps from India and other places and if Joost helps, even better for the consumer calling for orders or support. Oh by the way, can I get a Joost invite? Thanks
  113. divyesh June 8th, 2007 at 9:31 pm 113

    is there anyway i can get a joost invite? id really appreciate it. thanks!!!!
  114. Dimitry June 9th, 2007 at 3:06 am 114

    I’d like to get an invite too. Thanks!
  115. Catherine June 9th, 2007 at 8:01 am 115

    Please send me an invite! Thanks!
  116. Flarefight June 11th, 2007 at 3:40 pm 116

    are you still giving out invites??

    if you are id love one!!

    ff
  117. Robin Ritchie June 12th, 2007 at 6:50 am 117

    What a great way to spread the word about Joost, build traffic for your blog, and generate plenty of Internet goodwill! If you could send me a Joost invite, I’d certainly appreciate it. Cheers!
  118. Bob Burns June 15th, 2007 at 3:14 am 118

    cool
    another invite?
  119. David Eynon June 15th, 2007 at 5:33 am 119

    Wondering if I could get an invite?

    THanks!

    It’s nice of you :)

  120. Dan Vicente June 18th, 2007 at 4:29 am 120

    I would love a joost invite
    thanks
  121. J June 25th, 2007 at 1:37 am 121

    I would love an invite. It would really be appreciated!
    johan.igen@gmail.com
  122. Gaurav B June 29th, 2007 at 7:51 am 122

    Hey,

    I like the article and possibilities for India . Would like to add, think about international need for ethinic indian stuff. Imagineifthe co-operatve and handlooms can go mainstream with thiuer advertisemnet and make the margins which dissapear with the middlemen

    Also a joost invite is greatly appreciated

    Thank you

    -Gaurav
  123. Sanjiv July 2nd, 2007 at 7:50 am 123

    I’d really appreciate a Joost invite. Many thanks!
  124. Karthi July 3rd, 2007 at 11:32 pm 124

    I am very interested in Joost and would very much appreciate an invitation.

    Yours in anticipation

    Karthi

    email : mkarthi@gmail.com
  125. Brad July 13th, 2007 at 10:48 am 125

    Heya,

    If you could please send over a Joost invite I would be very grateful.

    email: able761@yahoo.com

    Thank You.
  126. Zepp July 19th, 2007 at 6:24 am 126

    If you could get me and invite to Joost it wouldbe GREAT!
    Thanks so much in advance!

    -zepp
  127. Mike July 20th, 2007 at 11:13 pm 127

    i would like to be invited to joost,, thank you in advance.
    you´re great!!!
  128. d.j. cobi July 26th, 2007 at 7:56 am 128

    I would love an invite!
  129. abusuffian July 31st, 2007 at 6:43 am 129

    joost is the first…
    and there will other joost after this….
    just wait and see…
    hope to get invitation from u :)

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