Logicbank Media

Today, the company formerly known under the code name The Venice Project has revealed its official brand, “Joost™.”  Currently available in private beta testing, Joost combines the best of TV and the best of the Internet by offering viewers a unique, TV-like experience enhanced with the choice, control and flexibility of Web 2.0.  Co-founded by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, Joost fills a critical gap in the online video entertainment arena.  Joost is powered by a secure, efficient, piracy-proof Internet platform that enables premium interactive video experiences while guaranteeing copyright protection for content owners and creators.  “People are looking for increased choice and flexibility in their TV experience, while the entertainment industry needs to retain control over their content,” said Fredrik de Wahl, chief executive officer of Joost….  Joost is the first global TV distribution platform, bringing together advertisers, content owners and viewers in an interactive, community-driven environment….  “We’ve received positive and constructive feedback from our early beta-testers and are now at a stage where we’re ready to reveal our true brand,” said de Wahl.  “The Joost name has global appeal, embodies fun and energy, and will come to define the ‘best of TV and the best of the Internet’”.  Joost™ provides a new way of watching TV that combines the best of full-screen television entertainment with online interactive and community benefits to bring an unprecedented selection of video content to viewers anytime, anywhere.

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It’s the beginning of the end for TV as we know it.
Amid iPhone madness, many may have missed the invention that could kill cable. Last week, Apple released AppleTV, a tiny white box that connects the shows and movies you’ve downloaded from the computer, and wirelessly transmits them to your TV screen.
No longer will you [...]

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CBS Corp. president and CEO Leslie Moonves unveiled a partnership with technology company Sling Media during his Consumer Electronics Show keynote address Tuesday that allows users to share their favorite entertainment content in an instant.
Called Clip+Sling, the application gives Slingbox customers the power to grab short segments of programming and share them with their “digital [...]

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Wallstrip, a three-month old online video show about the stock market, where “stock culture meets pop culture,” is raising over a half a million dollars, and will create more financial and VC focused shows.  Wallstrip takes an irreverent approach to the market, focusing each day on a single stock trading at an all-time high or a hot trend.  With the funding, Wallstrip plans to create five more original shows on the topics of finance and venture capital.

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Sling Media will announce Monday that it will begin selling a device that aims to improve the home TV viewing experience.
The new device, the SlingCatcher, allows viewers send TV streams to different rooms in the home, clip and send video from broadcast TV shows to friends and view media stored on PCs or on web [...]

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