In a press release yesterday, Viacom agreed to license television shows and movies to Joost, a new online video distribution channel launched in part by the founders of the popular internet telephony service, Skype. Under the agreement, Viacom’s MTV, BET, and Nickelodeon television networks and its Paramount studios would license shows and movies to Joost.

Joost will allow users to have free access to thousands of programs and channels not readily available on the Web. Through Joost, viewers can watch programming from many of Viacom’s brands on their computers through a customizable platform with advanced television viewing features such as links that lead to more information or related websites based on the content; and a variety of plug-in applications, such as instant messaging, message boards, and news tickers.

The full press release can be found here

Whether the content that Viacom is licensing to Joost includes Avatar or not is unknown at this time. Joost currently does not allow users to post videos on it’s servers, and is only in beta testing.

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