Since the last few days I have been trying out various ways to get video content over the internet including watching episodes of heroes off NBC, TVU for news and other stuff. But the service that takes the cake is Joost from the founders of Kazaa and Skype. Though I agree the content is limited but the technology is amazing( P2PTV - Peer to Peer TV). The video playback is flawless the interface is one of the slickest interfaces I have ever seen.
It has a complete widget system which already has plugins for google talk/jabber , blogging support for livejournal/blogspot/wordpress , live chat rooms per channel etc. Their ad delivery is nice and doesn't intrude much on your viewing experience. They are also setting up content partnerships with a lot of big media powerhouses and I think we should see a lot of new content on it in the near future as it moves out of beta. Overall with internet pipes becoming bigger and bigger I see cable tv becoming redundant. Already with the increasing availability of online content my inclination to pay comcast 40+$ for cable is decreasing. I think Joost has a lot of potential and I won't be surprised if it takes off like Skype and manages to corner the online TV market.
I would be following Joost closely and other online tv sites. The question remains who will buy joost! or will it remain independent and take on the Cable TV monopolies. Also I wonder if this replaces regular cable for a significant number of people what will happen to the internet access rates.
