Viacom boost for Joost
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SpongeBob SquarePants snubs Google Viacom is playing divide and rule with the internet TV wannabes. After issuing 100,000 take down notices to YouTube contributors, the media giant has signed a deal that allows Joost to distribute its content legitimately.â¦
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Microsoft Corp won an estimated $500 million, 5-year Internet advertising deal with MTV Networks owner Viacom Inc, giving the software giant a boost against rivals Google Inc and Yahoo Inc.
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The Minisode Network, which  presents shortened episodes of classic TV shows online, is set  to expand its distribution Monday to include Web channels on  AOL, Joost and Crackle, Sony's user-generated video site.
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Former Cisco SystemsÂ executive Mike Volpi will become CEO of online video company Joost Operations, replacing founding CEO Fredrik de Wahl, the company announced Tuesday.
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Viacom Inc.., engaged in a public battle with top Internet online video service YouTube, said on Tuesday it has agreed to offer its videos to Joost, the Internet video service created by the founders of Skype.
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Time Warner's AOL has acquired San Diego-based flash startup widget producer Goowy for an undisclosed sum. Widgetized versions of AOL properties could be the next step for the dinosaur ISP.
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(InfoWorld) - Joost, theÂ online TV serviceÂ developed by the founders of Internet telephone company Skype, has struck a licensing deal with Viacom International. A spokeswoman for Joost's public relations firm confirmed the deal and said additional details would become available on Tuesday. The deal should help Joost coexist peacefully with content producers rather than operating at odds with them. YouTube, the popular online video sharing site thatÂ Google boughtÂ last year, continues to run afoul of content owners that are unhappy to see their copyright content displayed on YouTube without proper licensing. In early February, Viacom asked YouTube toÂ remove over 100,000 clipsÂ from the site. In a statement, the media giant said that it had become clear that YouTube was unwilling to come to a fair agreement to make Viacom content available on YouTube. Viacom also blamed YouTube's inability to deliver filtering tools that would prevent unauthorized content from appearing on the site. In addition, Viacom complained at the time that Google and YouTube were retaining all the revenue generated from presenting content without sharing it with the people who created it. Joost, formerly known as The Venice Project, continues to accept beta users. The service allows customers to watch television programs on their computers. Rather than streaming the content from a central server farm, Joost works in a peer-to-peer fashion, with users serving as a network that shares content among users.
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Viacom Inc., engaged in a public copyright battle with Google Inc.'s YouTube, has agreed to offer videos to Joost, the Internet video service created by the founders of Skype and Kazaa.
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JumpTV, which offers "ethnic"  television programming on the Internet, said it will announce a  deal on Friday to offer some of its shows for free on Joost, an  online video service launched by the founders of Skype and  Kazaa.
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A company called Jook Inc. has developed a way for multiple earbud-wearing practitioners of the digital life to share music through a kind of broadcasting technology.
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Joost appointed Cisco veteran Mike Volpi as chief executive officer, the Internet-based TV service said Tuesday.
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Vertex announces a boost to its pipeline.
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MTV Networks owners Viacom Inc. said  it &quot;welcomes&quot; the opportunity to license its content to Apple  Inc. after the iPod maker signed a deal with top online video  distributor YouTube.
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Viacom Inc. ., engaged in a public battle with top Internet online video service YouTube, said on Tuesday it has agreed to offer its videos to Joost, the Internet video service created by the founders of Skype.
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Viacom (VIAB:NYSE - news - research) reported 4% revenue growth for the quarter, increased its dividend and put a size on the stock repurchase program long promised by CEO Sumner Redstone.
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Cendant is going for growth in online travel.
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A Web blockbuster is evolving to try to stay ahead of rivals.