The portal Joost, pioneered in the showing of films and TV on the Internet, you will leave its system for the consumer and will cut jobs – in addition to losing its CEO, Mike Volpi.

The company said Tuesday that will change its strategy to serve as a platform for video to outlets media such as TV companies, cable or satellite, and television networks. Therefore, the portal is far from idea to be primarily a site for ” common internet user.”

The Joost was launched in 2007 amid a furor much as the new challenge of the Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström, who launched the voice over IP service Skype. Rather, the executives had founded Kazaa, the file sharing service that was very popular on the internet.

But the site failed to become the largest site of serials and films, losing that position for Hulu.com, an association between News Corp., the NBC Universal and Walt Disney.

The number of spectators of the Hulu grew rapidly last year and he is now the second site most visited more seen in the U.S. (in the video category), behind YouTube, Google.

Via: Reuters.