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Hating my 30's at Joost

Is 39 still your "mid"-30's? There's an ongoing office discussion about how to classify your 30's - if you're 30, are you "in" your 30's? Is 35 officially the age you stop aging and you become the eternal "I'm in my 30's" person?

Along with many other people at Joost, I'm in my 30's, which is only one of the reasons why I'm looking forward to the new VH1 show I Hate My 30's. The show is about a group of people who are trying to figure out how to be adults when there are times they'd prefer to behave like teenagers. (You know, still chasing that rock-star dream despite having to live with the parents.)

But I'm more excited because, for the first time ever, we are going to premiere a show on Joost. Beginning next Monday, the ENTIRE season will be available on the Joost VH1 Channel in the U.S.

For VH1 and for us, this is a major step. We're giving people a sneak preview of a fresh, clever show. We're working together to build its audience, whether people decide to watch it on Joost, on VH1.com, VH1 Mobile or on cable.

If you want to be ahead of the curve, check out I Hate My 30's on the Joost VH1 Channel starting on July 16th.

This is only the beginning. We want to be the first to bring you new and exciting programming from around the world - wherever you are, whenever you like. And with great partners like VH1 on board, we will.

Enjoy!

Posted by Philip Petersen on Jul 12, 07 | Comments (0)

San Diego here we come!

It's official: Joost will be at Comic-Con in San Diego, CA this year. (Note: This is like going to Woodstock for some of us.)

Our good friends at Warner Bros. TV were kind enough to invite us to join them at their booth (No. 4329), and we have some pretty exciting stuff planned. To start with, we'll have a Joost demo running, showing the masses the awesome power of Joost and the shows you can watch currently on the WBTV: SCI-FI FIX Channel.

For example, right now we have Babylon 5, Max Headroom, Time Trax and the Aquaman pilot on the channel. Soon you'll be able to watch The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., Invasion, My Favorite Martian, Prey and, my personal favorite, V. (Just now, while writing this post, I read the Wikipedia entry on V. Check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_(TV_series). So good!)

Speaking of Aquaman, the star of the pilot, Justin Hartley, will be signing autographs for Joost at Comic-Con. He'll be at the Warner Bros. booth from 3 to 3:50 p.m. on Saturday, July 28, so line up early.

Being a Comic-con newbie, I'm not quite sure what to expect. A group of us from Joost will be there for what should be an interesting experience. I'll be sure to update the Joost blog with pictures of the event and stories after the show.

PS The WBTV SCI-FI FIX Channel is only available in the United States. If you're hungry for some sci-fi in other countries, I highly recommend Alliance Atlantis Sci-Fi.

PPS I came up with a lot of possible geeky headlines for this post, like bad Aquaman puns and such. I applaud myself for showing restraint.

Posted by Mark Webster on Jul 25, 07 | Comments (0)