Italian competitor Joost - Babelgum

Joost is not the only peer-to-peer Internet television service preparing to launch. There is a similar European startup called Babelgum , whose public beta will be available on May 31. Now 4000 beta testers are testing closed beta, and 15000 users are on the waiting list. Babelgum provides mostly free video from AP, Reuters, and the BBC, however, after opening the service in the summer, the list will be expanded.

Using P2P and server technology together, Babelgum must deliver long video over the Internet with television quality.

Babelgum uses a similar technology that is used in Joost. The only difference is that the Joost developers who got a little hooked (they, by the way, the creators of Skype and Kazaa) already received $ 45 million of investment, and also have a half-million army of beta testers and a wider selection of TV shows.

As it turned out, Babelgum has a similar interface to Joost, which Babelgum developers were very surprised at:

When I first saw Joost screenshots, I was most struck by the similarity of the basic elements. Different teams acted on the same principles. But we have not changed anything. In our opinion, this formation of a new market is a long way.

Well, wait a short time - we will soon find out who will win in this new market of services.