Earlier this year Warner Bros and BitTorrent announced that they are working together to distribute movies online. Today, more movie studios follow this example. According to Cnet BitTorrent teamed up with more movie studios to distribute movies online “The filmmakers that signed with BitTorrent are Hart Sharp Video, Egami Media (a subsidiary of Image Entertainment), [...]
The rumor goes that Apple is currently working out a deal with some major players in the movie bussiness to start a movie download store. According to an article in Variety Apple CEO Steve Jobs wants the movies to be $9.99, but the Studio’s are giving him a hard time: Studios have resisted Jobs’ initial [...]
BitTorrent offers free high-res movie downloads of “The Duke City Shootout Film” Festival. All 42 movies will be available for free. The 7th annual Duke City Shootout starts June 21st, fresh movies will be added on a daily basis. But there’s more, all previous winners of “the world’s strangest little film festival” are available at [...]
Warner Bros will announce today that it plans to sell movies and TV-shows online. They are going to use BitTorrent to distribute their content, again a huge step forward for BitTorrent.
Times are changing. It’s just a matter of time before Hollywood’s first blockbuster will have its premiere online and in theatres at the same time. And BitTorrent will probably play a significant role in this “culture shock”. A great example of a successful BitTorrent release is the movie Star Wreck. This indie movie was released [...]
BitTorrent inc. is planning a video download website to distribute movies online. According to BitTorrent’s spokesman Lily Lin her company is currently negotiating with several content owners. This move is not really a big surprise after the announced collaboration with the MPAA and a british cable company. BitTorrent co-founder and President Ashwin Navin states: “We [...]
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