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BBC Squeezes Joost CTO

Dirk-Willem van Gulik departs video service startup Joost for the warm embrace of Auntie Beeb as BBC Future Media & Technology Chief Technical Architect.

Joost, Meebo Partner On Channel Chat

When watching a movie in a public theater, it’s usually best not to talk.  But when watching online videos in your own home, there’s no reason not to, and Joost and Meebo have just partnered to provide a new communication option.

Joost Finally Launches - Will Anybody Care?

So Joost says that it is now finally open to the public (Liz Gannes at NewTeeVee and Kara Swisher at BoomTown have the details, including interviews with CEO Mike Volpi), after a long beta program that started as invitation-only.

Warner Bros. To Expand Digital Content

Studio 2.0, the original programming, digital branch of the Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG), has begun production on 23 new shortform series projects for broadband and wireless.

Blinkx, Joost Develop Deal With Cycling.tv

For you Tour de France fans - you fans whose favorite cyclists haven’t been booted for lying or doping, that is - there’s good news: Cycling.tv just made distribution deals with Blinkx and Joost.  But the arrangement is really intended to draw in those of you who aren’t fans.

National Lampoon Launches On Joost

National Lampoon said today that it would launch the National Lampoon channel and bring its program content to Joost, an Internet television service.

Joost + YouTube = Veoh TV

It seems like form Disney exec Michael Eisner is determined to make online video his next domain, with the beta launch this week of Veoh TV.

VeohTV Launches In Beta

Internet Television company Veoh has launched the beta version of VeohTV. VeohTV acts as a video browser and DVR for finding, viewing and managing online video.

New Google Toys

First, Google comes out about their video fingerprinting tool (we mentioned it earlier this week) (via Barry Schwartz at SEL)

Joost Names New CEO

Internet television service Joost has named Mike Volpi as their new chief executive officer. Mr. Volpi is taking over for the company's founding CEO, Fredrik de Wahl, who will become Joost's chief strategy officer. "Joost Names New CEO"