Comments on: Norwegian State TV Launches BitTorrent Tracker

By: Videojakelussa sattuu ja tapahtuu - Tietokone.fi

Videojakelussa sattuu ja tapahtuu - Tietokone.fi — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:22:06 +0000

[...] on vertaus tilanteeseen Norjassa. Sikäläinen yleisradioyhtiö NRK on päättänyt lähteä jakelemaan sisältöjään suojaamattomassa muodossa BitTorrentin ylitse samalla kannustaen ihmisiä mm. tekemään tekstityksiä muille kielille: We have provided all the [...]

By: Norwegian public broadcaster launches BitTorrent tracker | FreewareFreak.com

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:45:19 +0000

[...] a number of successful tests in 2008, Norway’s public broadcaster NRK has decided to launch a BitTorrent tracker in order to get its content in front of as many people as possible, DRM-free of course. The [...]

By: La televisió pública de Noruega obre un tracker de BitTorrent i hi regala les seves sèries « CODI Ç

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:27:53 +0000

[...] la televisió pública de Noruega, ha obert un tracker de BitTorrent [...]

By: BitTorrent: Norwegisches Staatsfernsehen nutzt gleichen Tracker wie The Pirate Bay | Basic Thinking Blog

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:26:36 +0000

[...] Via: TorrentFreak [...]

By: AVforum.no - Piracy..is it a crime?

AVforum.no - Piracy..is it a crime? — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:08:19 +0000

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By: O.M.G. I’m on .TV » Norwegian Torrent TV : Cheaper then broadcasting

O.M.G. I’m on .TV » Norwegian Torrent TV : Cheaper then broadcasting — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:24:11 +0000

[...] internet is a series of tubes” – Photo: Eirik Solheim, Creative Commons.) from torrentfreak: The government-owned Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) has set up its very own BitTorrent tracker to [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:29:37 +0000

FINALLY. This is what we need to see, the industries accepting and moving towards technology, not fighting to live in the stoneage!

By: eirikso

eirikso — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:21:59 +0000

We have now provided professional english subtitles to episode 03.

And episode 04 has already been fansubbed. We have updated the article with links to the english subs.

By: NRK landserer egen BitTorrent tracker: Hva er motivet, mon tro?

NRK landserer egen BitTorrent tracker: Hva er motivet, mon tro? — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:14:20 +0000

[...] av de store internasjonale teknologinyhetssidene, deriblant Slashdot og TorrentFreak, har skrevet positivt om NRKs bruk av den nå noe gamle BitTorrent teknologien. Og ja, teknologien [...]

By: Turbis

Turbis — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:34:22 +0000

I’m moving to norway now :D
/A swede

By: wintermute

wintermute — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:09:53 +0000

finally, a step in the right direction….now lets see if CTV and Global here in canada would consider it for shows like little mosque…

By: La televisión pública de Noruega abre un tracker de BitTorrent y regala sus shows | Buzzeando

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:31:09 +0000

[...] de la web ya son algo completamente incontrolables, NRK, la televisión pública de Noruega, abrió un tracker de BitTorrent que utiliza Opentracker, el mismo software que usan los de The Pirate Bay, desde donde todos [...]

By: despuesdegoogle » Blog Archive » Cadena televisiva noruega difunde sus programas por BitTorrent

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:41:27 +0000

[...] su propio tracker (servidor P2P) para la distribución de sus programas: una noticia meneada y paseada con profusión por toda la web, dado su valor [...]

By: Monday, March 9, 2009 | shiner.clay

Monday, March 9, 2009 | shiner.clay — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:19:48 +0000

[...] Norway’s government owned broadcaster NRK launches its own BitTorrent tracker [...]

By: KTM EXC-F 250

KTM EXC-F 250 — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:55:17 +0000

This is awesome.

By: cenn

cenn — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:18:32 +0000

Simply awesome! I don’t bother to watch TV, but if I can get the shows I want via BT, I’ll definitely watch a lot more shows. I hope other channels worldwide will follow suit.

By: barliman

barliman — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:01:08 +0000

welcome to bbc, itv, skytv, ch4 and son ch5 as purveyed bt is catch up tv in the uk and has been for some time. On ly dont put the bbc iplayer on your linux box it breaks it!!!!in an unethical way.

By: makin257 - Norwegian State TV Launches BitTorrent Tracker

makin257 - Norwegian State TV Launches BitTorrent Tracker — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:56:31 +0000

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By: La televisión pública de Noruega abre un tracker de BitTorrent y regala sus shows - ALT1040

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:17:57 +0000

By: Norvegijos nacionalinis transliuotojas pasitelk? P2P tinklus at Gru

Norvegijos nacionalinis transliuotojas pasitelk? P2P tinklus at Gru — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:57:41 +0000

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By: Lachlan Hunt

Lachlan Hunt — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:16:57 +0000

Kristian Z (comment 31), the BBC and NRK should switch to the same model as the ABC in Australia. Instead of relying on TV licences, the government should just allocate funds from the normal taxation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation#Funding

That way, there’s no unnecessary ability to opt-out, nor any way to cheat by claiming you don’t have a TV and not paying, but still downloading anyway.

By: PS

PS — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:52:42 +0000

@46
“The iPlayer uses the bit torrent protocol to distribute its programming its just its strangled with DRM so people outside the UK (non licence Payers) cant see it.
This is what NRK will do, as was said until programming can be made under a common licence.”

Umm, did you even read the article? NRK has not DRM at all on the content available via bt. That’s the whole point.

From the original article:
“Rights issues

We are providing full quality video files with no DRM. The biggest problem regarding this project is to clear all the rights we need to be able to distribute content in such an open system. NRK is a big content producer, but record labels, actors, external production companies and format rights owners usually have contracts that prevent us from distributing our content freely in the internet. We are in constant negotiations over these issues. And it seems like it should be possible to find a solution where NRK gets the rights it needs and the rights holders get the compensation they want.

In addition to this we look into new providers. Pump Audio, Magnatune and other companies with easier licensing systems are interesting sources.”

By: The Technology Blog: Norwegian State TV Launches BitTorrent Tracker

The Technology Blog: Norwegian State TV Launches BitTorrent Tracker — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:26:24 +0000

[...] using the same tracker software currently in use at The Pirate Bay.Read the full story here:http://torrentfreak.com/norwegian-tv-launches-bittorrent-tracker-090308/ Posted by Makin at [...]

By: Norwegen sendet Fernsehbeiträge per Torrent | TechFieber | Hot Gadgets. Smart TechNews.

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:01:39 +0000

[...] [Link] [pic eirik solheim, CC] Share and Enjoy: [...]

By: akademos

akademos — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:39:56 +0000

Awwwesome news !!!!
I hope some other European countries follow suit and understand the convenience and popularity of Bit torrent and set up such services.
If they keep on following big daddy USA path then they will never be able to popularize their tv shows and will keep on cribbing about lost market share.
By the way whats the website and when will they launch.
I hope TFreak will do a followup on this story !!!
Cheers to NRK !

By: Busted Brain Cells.

Busted Brain Cells. — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:33:51 +0000

I keep reading here about the BBC using bit torrent…THEY ALREADY DO.
The iPlayer uses the bit torrent protocol to distribute its programming its just its strangled with DRM so people outside the UK (non licence Payers) cant see it.
This is what NRK will do, as was said until programming can be made under a common licence.

By: Are you a Pirate? | Delusions of Grandeur

Are you a Pirate? | Delusions of Grandeur — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:10:37 +0000

[...] could be a bad thing for Linuxtracker and other Legitimate torrent sites like the The Norwegian State TV which is launching their own tracker to serve up their shows (which is a really cool move). I [...]

By: Freedom Fighter

Freedom Fighter — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:37:33 +0000

About time this happened in the Netherlands as well. The system used here is just utterly horrible; embedded WMV and Quicktime in terrible quality.

By: Someone finally gets it « Electric Sand

Someone finally gets it « Electric Sand — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:19:05 +0000

[...] artigo completo. [...]

By: John Davis

John Davis — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:10:52 +0000

Lovely, there goes the neighborhood!

RT
privacy.at.tc

By: Norwegian TV Station To Release Programs On Bittorrent | TechNewsHub.com

Norwegian TV Station To Release Programs On Bittorrent | TechNewsHub.com — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:51:14 +0000

[...] Broadcasting (NRK), a government owned entity, has announced its intentions to begin distributing its television programs over the internet using bittorrent. After experimenting with traditional downloads (which overburdened their servers), they decided to [...]

By: t0m5k1

t0m5k1 — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:49:23 +0000

this is great progress.

let’s hope more providers embrace torrent as a form of distribution

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:01:02 +0000

With fansubbing, their TV shows could suddenly reach a global audience. This is the road to the future.

By: RoestVrijStaal

RoestVrijStaal — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:49:02 +0000

This-is-fantastic!!!
Finally a TV-company who understands his consumers. Hopefully other companies will follow.

By: El que guarda siempre tiene » La televisión estatal noruega distribuirá sus programas a traves de la red BitTorrent

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:43:23 +0000

[...] a las nuevas tecnologías. Una prueba de esto que indico es la televisión estatal noruega, que va a distribuir sus programas de TV a través de BitTorrent. Para ello ha creado su propio tracker además de promocionar el programa (de código abierto Miro) [...]

By: Tomas

Tomas — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:40:08 +0000

This is pretty neat. It should be noted though that owning a TV in Norway means you have to pay a mandatory tax for NRK wether you watch it or not. They are suppose to share their content for free since we are already paying for it. And it’s by no means cheap.

By: John

John — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:29:45 +0000

That’s it. I currently live in Sweden but I will begin looking for a job in Norway TODAY.

By: noddy

noddy — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:46:38 +0000

Been saying this for years! the BBC should be using BT too.

By: Norwegian State TV Launches BitTorrent Tracker - EntropiaForum.com

Norwegian State TV Launches BitTorrent Tracker - EntropiaForum.com — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:33:59 +0000

[...] I think this is a great initiative Link [...]

By: sllort

sllort — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:50:39 +0000

Private Trackers For The Win. End The Reign of the Child Porn peddling Public Tracker Users!

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:47:41 +0000

At least NubCakes speaks his mind rather than repeating over and over the same line like a bunch of drones as most people seem to at this place.

I think many people here use the words “troll” and “MPAA schill” to anything that goes againts the unthinking group speak here.

By: TV goes Torrent | PABA Media

TV goes Torrent | PABA Media — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:41:23 +0000

[...] Torrent Freak reported on Norwegian State TV embracing BitTorrent to distribute their own TV [...]

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IT-??????????? : ?????????? ????? ?????? — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:31:41 +0000

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By: SNF

SNF — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:01:08 +0000

@ NubCakes

Most of us here at the comment section on TF think you’re a troll. That has nothing to do with this specific article.

SNF – Stupidity Never Fails

By: BruceLD

BruceLD — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:08:55 +0000

Our CBC decided to try distributing content through BT too. Alas, the programs still sucked and were not worth watching. In addition my ISP throttles all bit torrents so downloading crawled along at only 30kbps, where I normally download at 700kbps.

While our state tv station was trying to embrace a new technology, my ISP was strangling the new technology. Funny that.

By: NubCakes

NubCakes — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:59:44 +0000

“PS: NubCakes suck donkeyballs.. so confused and annoying..”

At first I thought you thought I sucked reason and I thought “give a sh*t”…

“see he cost me a full second.. :(
stupid troll.. lol!”

…then I realised you thought a comment effectively saying “the article is interesting” is a troll and I realised how ironic it is your calling me confused seeing as your failing to understand the simple joke and can’t see that comment any other way that literally. If you really can’t get the joke then your thick as paint. (that means dumb in case you don’t get that)

By: subtitles?

subtitles? — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:50:20 +0000

we need some subbers for other languages :).

I just downloaded one and the quality is great, and it seems nice and laid back documentary style.

Great totally free stuff.

maybe i could rig up something with google translate/babblefish. anyone know such a system to create subtitles files in another language when closed captions are already existant?

By: » Norwegian State TV Launches BitTorrent Tracker

» Norwegian State TV Launches BitTorrent Tracker — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:09:18 +0000

[...] Norwegian State TV Launches BitTorrent Tracker The government-owned Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) has set up its very own BitTorrent tracker to distribute their TV-shows. After a successful test last year they plan to release more DRM-free TV-shows via BitTorrent, using the same tracker software currently in use at The Pirate Bay. TorrentFreak [...]

By: Kristian Z

Kristian Z — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:04:28 +0000

“michael has it spot on. Theres a reason why most people have heard of BBC, and not NRK”

And that’s because one is British and the other Norwegian. Michael has it all wrong. This has nothing to do with TV licences, as NRK is funded the same way. In a few years funding for both BBC and NRK will have to come in some other way since the old paradigms of TVs and broadcasting are replaced by new consumer habits. Until that time, there is no reason why BBC cannot do what NRK can do, today.

By: Zoness

Zoness — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:27:46 +0000

+1 to NRK now if other countries *cough* US *cough* would do the same my life might get a little easier.