torrentfreak.com — The popularity of BitTorrent is still growing. Tomorrow a new version of the Tribler BitTorrent client will be released at a seminar of European TV bosses Geneva. Tribler is a Bittorrent client which aims to grow into a Youtube-like solution for Internet TV with torrent recommendations, search capabilities without webservers, and friends.
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str3amaMay 2, 2007
oh I get it..now they'll make us use the bandwidth we pay for to run services to make an even greater profit. This makes net neutrality all the more important, they'll slow down other download sites and force you to use the sites they get a cut from.
mystagogueMay 2, 2007
your comment is spot on. however, there may be a potential for cost savings by using bittorrent for distribution, and that savings can be passed on to consumers.
brassoMay 2, 2007
You are both right and wrong. First of all, bittorrent isn’t about sacrificing speed to get what you want (whatever that happens to be). Bittorrent is even faster than traditional transfer protocols when there are many receivers and much data, and it will be especially fast if there are a few corporate servers acting as seeders with big pipes. Video in high resolution (at least that’s what I’m hoping for) is very heavy traffic and a system like bittorrent will sure help to make this possible.However, I would still not pay for giving away my bandwidth unless I get something back, like a lowed price if I seed much. I don’t have to bring my own seat when I go to the cinema or pay extra for their power consumption.
n00utkastMay 2, 2007
I never understood as to why I pay for cable to provide content for my television and yet at the same time i have to watch advertisements. Either u have advertisements and one doesn't have to pay for cable or pay for cable and get no advertisement....at least thats how i would like it to work.
moskieMay 2, 2007
I've often wondered how much my cable bill would increase if all the content I get with it suddenly became ad-free. I assume it would be very, very high. I don't think either of us would like it.I'm not sure how exactly (if at all) money between your cable provider and the networks is transferred, and even if it is, the majority of their revenue is from ads. Take it away... and that money's gonna have to come from somewhere else. Would you like it to be your pockets?
Closed AccountMay 2, 2007
NHOO, not interlaced - Computer monitors have no need for interlacing, interlacing is pointless nowadays, interlacing should have died years ago - 1080p, or more practically, 720p is far more practical - 1080[i/p] files are currently too large for most people (over 25GB for a film is a lot, even with TB drives and such, which most people don't have), for an hour show, a 2GB 720p file is still fairly big, but far more manageable.
vaga222May 2, 2007
I really don't see this as anything new. BSkyB has been using BT to deliver their on demand movie content for atleast a year now.
graystarMay 2, 2007
I have been waiting for this for a while. The problem with bittorrent is it takes a lot of time and effort to encode the shows. If the media companies have these pre-encoded then you will not wait. Possibly they could charge premium advert space for "pre release" tv shows on bittorrent. There is no real incentive to remove the adverts out - effort, plus if you do you need to host it somewhere meaning you do not get the torrent effect advantages of increased speed by diverting liquidity away from the original centralised source.As for "why should I host for them?" - they will have a massive pipe which when combined with active downloaders wont require seeders.
smokeonitMay 3, 2007
how about just seeding the TV shows as is!!!!the broadcasters haven't gotten it yet... if i were a TV executive i'd put a system on the market that puts localized commercials in there based on IP's... that way we get TV content worldwide and the TV sharks their revenue.. that simple.... or is it???? LOLand no restrictions on countries, europe can download US stuff, US can download EU stuff, aussies can download what they want, even local, LOL... i bet in 5 years they will start this in beta and say it is the ultimate invention.... "experimenting with BT", funny....
smokeonitMay 3, 2007
720p is fine with me, interlaced sucks, especially on computers and then back to TV's!and 1080p is impratical due to 10mbit with h264 codec...