<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><A href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/20/viacom-to-sign-deal-with-joost/">http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/20/viacom-to-sign-deal-with-joost/</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>Two weeks after Viacom ordered Google to take down more than 100,000 allegedly copyrighted videos from YouTube, the media giant is about to sign a content deal with Joost, the Wall Street Journal is reporting tonight. Joost, the P2P online television service soon to launch from the founders of Skype, is purportedly aimed to challenge traditional TV networks more than it is YouTube. User generated content will not appear on Joost. The company has put together a number of smaller deals, including one with Warner, but a Viacom deal would be its biggest yet.<DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#010101" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; "><A href="mailto:sethkeen@internode.on.net">sethkeen@internode.on.net</A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; "><A href="http://www.sethkeen.net/blog/">http://www.sethkeen.net/blog/</A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><A href="http://del.icio.us/videovortex">http://del.icio.us/videovortex</A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>