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BitTorrent has reached deals with 20 consumer-electronics manufacturers, according to CEO Eric Klinker. Most of BitTorrent’s deals are for TV models that will launch this Christmas in Europe and Asia, Klinker said.
That’s because for many Internet-connected HDTVs marketed in the US, the manufacturers already have deals with streaming-video providers such as Netflix, according to Klinker. “We are competing with the Netflixes and Hulus for space on the television,” Klinker said.
He noted that about 2 million titles of legal content are available in the BitTorrent universe, including movies, music and books. Asked how many illegal files are available via BitTorrent clients, Klinker said, “We have no idea. It’s like asking Chrome [Google’s Web browser] how much pornography there is on the Internet.”
BitTorrent announced a deal with Vestel, a Turkish TV manufacturer that was showing what it called “the world’s first BitTorrent certified TV” at the IFA show in Berlin last year.
San Francisco-based BitTorrent generates revenue from advertising (through syndicated search with partners that include Microsoft Bing and Ask.com); a premium, ad-free version of BitTorrent; and licensing deals such as those with TV manufacturers.
BitTorrent clients once consumed as much as 40 oer cent of global Internet traffic, but the company has seen its share of overall usage decline as video-streaming services like Netflix have taken off. In addition, the company claims, its introduction of a new protocol into the BitTorrent client – designed to give priority to other applications – has reduced the amount of bandwidth the application’s millions of users consume in aggregate.
That’s because for many Internet-connected HDTVs marketed in the US, the manufacturers already have deals with streaming-video providers such as Netflix, according to Klinker. “We are competing with the Netflixes and Hulus for space on the television,” Klinker said.
He noted that about 2 million titles of legal content are available in the BitTorrent universe, including movies, music and books. Asked how many illegal files are available via BitTorrent clients, Klinker said, “We have no idea. It’s like asking Chrome [Google’s Web browser] how much pornography there is on the Internet.”
BitTorrent announced a deal with Vestel, a Turkish TV manufacturer that was showing what it called “the world’s first BitTorrent certified TV” at the IFA show in Berlin last year.
San Francisco-based BitTorrent generates revenue from advertising (through syndicated search with partners that include Microsoft Bing and Ask.com); a premium, ad-free version of BitTorrent; and licensing deals such as those with TV manufacturers.
BitTorrent clients once consumed as much as 40 oer cent of global Internet traffic, but the company has seen its share of overall usage decline as video-streaming services like Netflix have taken off. In addition, the company claims, its introduction of a new protocol into the BitTorrent client – designed to give priority to other applications – has reduced the amount of bandwidth the application’s millions of users consume in aggregate.
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