Azureus Releases 3.0 Beta and Video Sharing Website

Written by Ernesto on December 04, 2006 

The popular BitTorrent client, Azureus has announced its long awaited 3.0 release together with the launch of its new video sharing site Zudeo.com. Azureus 3.0 includes a content layer that “should” make it easier to find videos and other large files, and share them with friends.

The new content layer in Azureus 3.0 includes several “social” features like a rating system, comments, easy sharing, and a link to “digg” content. Azureus users will need to get used to the new look and feel of their favorite BitTorrent client, but at least it is still able to download regular .torrent links. The project was initially funded by BV Capital, a company that has previously supported projects like del.icio.us and peerflix, and received another $12 million in a second round of funding, led by Redpoint Ventures.

azureusTechcrunch reports that Azureus will be partnering with several major TV and Movie studios to offer free content through the new client and website. The main difference with similar video sharing sites like YouTube is that Zudeo will focus on delivering high quality content, and full length programs, and that you have to download the videos before you’re able to watch them.

Azureus said before that it is dedicated to offer DRM free content, but they will probably include paid downloads in the future. The old “getazureus.com” now redirects to Zudeo, where you will be able to check out the latest Beta release.

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1 Dec 04, 2006 at 16:08 by micah

funny how they left the part out with they got 12 million for going commercial ……

2 Dec 04, 2006 at 22:55 by Matt Oakes

i hate it. The new colour scheme is horid and a nice simple native interface would do. You have to click advansed to know how far into a download you are which is pathetic (Unless you want to look at the cluttered home page). I love how on this page (http://www.zudeo.com/az-web/Index.html) number one says blazing speeds when I have to wait 2 hours to get a 6 minute video clip at 25kb/s, which is way bellow what I normally get from uTorrent.

They really sould have left the client alone and just made a website that have links to legal torrent files for videos. The download site doesnt ever use torrents but some magnet links that require you use nothing but Azureus.

Used to be a fan but now I hate it.

3 Dec 05, 2006 at 07:03 by Michael Savoy

I think it’s gorgeous by any standards. I mean, the Azureus 2.5 is certainly
the lamest looking thing out there.

4 Dec 06, 2006 at 19:39 by Huron

hay

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