BitTorrent launching P2P video streaming

BitTorrent, which was co-founded by the developer of a software program widely used to share pirated music and video over the Web, plans to start helping media companies stream videos over the Internet. Reuters.

"BitTorrent announced the new service on Tuesday, dubbed BitTorrent DNA, saying its first customer, Brightcove, will use it to distribute streaming video programs over the Internet.

... As one user downloads a file, or watches a streaming video, BitTorrent DNA software sends data to another computer seeking the same files.

"It uses your computer in a way that's very polite. When you're downloading something you're also uploading something," BitTorrent President Ashwin Navin said in an interview. "Users are aware of that when they read the user agreement when they download the BitTorrent (software) client."

In addition to streaming video, BitTorrent DNA can also distribute video and software downloads."

emily | 5:26 PM | Technology |
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