There’s been alot of talk around the internet about Joost and how it could possibly be the future of television. With the addition of Turner Broadcasting and CBS on board when the site launches, it is becoming more and more mainstream and not just a place where people can post their home videos (see YouTube).

Joost works by using P2P technology when the application is running. As you are watching a show, you are also sharing the data you have download with thousands of other people at the same time. Using the same technology as BitTorrent is significant as it allows you to quickly download shows. The more people watching the show, the faster it will download. Think of watching Survivor instantaneously without having to wait the hour to download it. Just be careful though as leaving the program running, allows people to download from you. Some ISP’s might get a little ornery if you use too much of their precious bandwidth!

After getting a beta invite a couple of days ago and playing around with it, I’m pretty impressed. It’s super easy to navigate around and shows start playing in a matter of seconds without skipping a beat as your watching it. The downside is that currently there aren’t too many decent networks and shows on. Although I watched a show called the Conventioneers and it was damn funny…Canadian too. Once major networks get on and people can watch mainstream shows, Joost is going to take off.

I’ve got some Beta invites if anybody is interested.