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BitTorrent and Orb Partner on Streaming

BitTorrent and Orb Partner on Streaming

BitTorrent and Orb Networks have announced an agreement to bundle together the BItTorrent client application with the Orb PC application in an effort to create a one-step solution that enables users to download content from the Internet and push it to any other Internet connected device, including mobile phones, large-screen TVS, compatible game consoles—even jailbroken iPhones. Orb users can also use the application to organize their entire media libraries, set up playlists, organize their media, and share items with mobile users or on social networks.

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Comcast Filtering File-Sharing Traffic

Comcast Filtering File-Sharing Traffic

In a small series of tests, the Associated Press has concluded that U.S. cable operator Comcast is using filtering technology to actively prevent users from uploading files via the popular file-sharing application BitTorrent.

To test claims that Comcast was somehow blocking file-sharing traffic, the Associated Press attempted to download the (uncopyrighted) King James Bible from two computers—one in Philadelphia, and one in San Francisco—both of which were connected to the Internet via Comcast service. The AP reports that in two out of three attempts, the download was blocked altogether, and in the third test the download began only after a ten minute delay. When the AP attempted to upload files requested by other BitTorrent users, the connections were also blocked.

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BitTorrent Offers Video Streaming Services

Bittorrent is widely known as one of the most widely used ways to share pirated music, video, and software over the Internet, but founder Bram Cohen has been trying to turn the technology into a legitimate commercial operation. Last February, the company rolled out an online video store which offers movies and digital video from Hollywood studios; now, the company is offering that media distribution system as a platform to digital content providers under the moniker BitTorrent DNA.  Read more...

BitTorrent Launches Video Download Service

File-sharing bad-boy BitTorrent has been making rumbles about launching its own video download service, and industry watchers have been keeping an eye on developments as the company announced a stream of partnership deals with major studios like Warner Bros., Fox, Viacom, and Lionsgate and saw its estimated usership climb to more than 130 million users.

Today, BitTorrent let the cat out of the bag, announcing the its BitTorrent Entertainment Network, a video download service offering movies, television shows, music videos, and free content, with what the company is touting as the most comprehensive library of downloadable digital entertainment ever amassed on the Web. Registered users will be able to rent feature films, purchase music videos and episodes of television shows, and publish their own video to be offered alongside major studio content.  Read more...

BitTorrent Inks New Content Deals

File-sharing bad-boy BitTorrent has announced a series of new content licensing agreements which will increase the number of television and movie offerings to be available on its forthcoming video download service, due in February 2007.

“We’re thrilled to be partnering with world-renowned entertainment companies and TV networks,” said Ashwin Navin, President and Co-founder of BitTorrent. “This is a true testament to the value of our community, technology, and the position we aspire to play in the world of entertainment and content distribution. Our audience has a voracious appetite for digital content and by offering the titles they want with a solid user experience; it’s a win-win situation for both content providers as well as our users.”  Read more...

BitTorrent Coming to Routers, NAS Devices

BitTorrent Coming to Routers, NAS Devices

File-sharing bad-boy BitTorrent has been making efforts to go legit in the last year, removing links to copyrighted material from its search engine and inking a distribution deal with Warner Bros. to legally distribute content to BitTorrent users—and while much of the traffic carried by BitTorrent still keeps the RIAA and MPAA up and night, a growing amount of material available is being distributed legally.

Now, BitTorrent has inked a deal to put client software in Internet-connected products like routers, network attached storage (NAS) devices, and other "digital home" media product. And BitTorrent already has partners lined up, with ASUS, Planex, and QNAP already announcing BitTorrent-enabled products.

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BitTorrent Supports Filmmaking Festival

BitTorrent has announced it is supporting the Duke City Shootout filmmaking festival, an annual week-long filmmaking competition overseen by the Digital Filmmaking Institute. In a nutshell, the Duke City Shootout pits seven screenwriters against each other to shoot, edit, and debut their 12-minute short films all in one week. BitTorrent will be hosting this year’s films, and already has the 42 shorts from the festival’s previous six years online.  Read more...

Warner Bros. Inks Deal with BitTorrent

The video unit for the Warner Bros. film and television studio announced today that it plans to begin selling films and television shows via the file sharing service BitTorrent, once regarded among the most egregious file sharing services in terms of video and software piracy.

According to Warner Bros., it will initially make more than 200 films available via BitTorrent, including major titles like Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, and The Matrix. The company also plans to sell episodes of its television series archive, including The Dukes of Hazzard the influential sci-fi show Babylon 5 via BitTorrent.com. Material will be available via BitTorrent the same day the titles are released to retail channels. WB video selections should become available via BitTorrent by mid-2006.  Read more...

BitTorrent Gets First Round of Financing

If Kazaa and Napster can become a viable business, so can BitTorrent right? The popular peer-to-peer (P2P) developer has stated they will partner up with Doll Capital Management to lead a Series Aventure funding initiative worth $8.75 million dollars. The investment will help to globally commercialize their technology to turn it into a legitimate business.   "While BitTorrentalready has become the de facto protocol for cooperative distribution on the Internet, DCM shares our belief that BitTorrent will become the ideal platform for both independent publishers and theworld’s leading media companies alike," said Bram Cohen, founder and CEO of BitTorrent. "We are committed to working with content creators and distributors to shape the future of mediadistribution, and to provide our users with a great product that brings their favorite videos, audio and software to their door-step."   BitTorrent has more than 45 million users making itone of the largest P2P networks in the world. BitTorrent’s size has made the company a target for the RIAA and other industry organizations, but due to legalities, BitTorrent has dodged the bullet so to speak.   In related news, look for Microsoft to enter theP2P market using a DRM-based technology.

Microsoft to Enter P2P Biz

BitTorrent, the stubborn P2P client which everyone loves and Hollywood hates could be getting some competition – sort of. Microsoft is reportedly working on some sort of new P2P (Peer-to-Peer) technology concept, only there is a catch.

BitTorrent basically lets you download anything hosted on the systems of its users, both legal and illegal. The new Microsoft P2P network will only let you share files that have a “Publisher Certificate” or some sort of DRM protected solution.

Our prediction is that adoption of this new P2P technology will of course be slow, but it can be a good thing for artists or anyone else that wants to get their work out there.

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