BitTorrent to Launch Movie, TV Downloads
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LOS ANGELES -- BitTorrent Inc., makers of a technology often used to trade pirated copies of Hollywood movies, is launching a Web site that will sell downloads of films and TV shows licensed from the studios.
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Steve Jobs reveals that iTunes will offer downloadable movies, and provided a sneak peek of a media box that will stream movies, music and TV shows from a nearby computer to the living room TV. Plus:
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With a new CEO, a new protocol that allows video to play while it downloads, and a new business providing file distribution services to content companies, BitTorrent is ready to go legit. But can it succeed where other peer-to-peer companies have failed?
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TiVo and Netflix said Thursday that they plan to challenge cable operators and video retailers by launching a video-on-demand service in 2005 that will deliver movies to consumers via the Internet.
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BitTorrent, the popular file-sharing system, announced several deals on Wednesday with major movie studios and content producers, moving the service still to mainstream acceptance.
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Though it may be a bit late for it to enter the download market, Time Warner's HBO will begin a controlled launch of HBO Broadband tomorrow, a free add-on to HBO on Demand.
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Taking matters into their own hands Australian TV viewers are waiting longer than ever to view their favourite overseas produced televisions shows, driving them to use BitTorrent and other internet-based peer-to-peer programs to download programmes from overseas, prior to their local broadcast.â¦
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Paid music and movie download service launches today.
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A technology that allows movies to be downloaded and burned to blank DVDs using the same content-protection system as commercial discs got the OK today.
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The file-sharing software company  has a new platform for crystal-clear, high-definition videos over BitTorrent. Those blurry, pixelated videos on YouTube may soon be a relic of the past. By Michael Calore.
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DVD rental company Netflix and LG Electronics said today they're working on a set-top box that can stream movies over the Internet directly to a TV set.
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Time Warner Inc pay TV channel HBO  will launch a service on Tuesday to let subscribers download  movies and television shows over the Web, joining a crowded  market for video on the Internet.
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BitTorrent Inc., developer of a popular online file-sharing tool, said Tuesday it has reached licensing deals that will boost the number of movies and TV shows it can offer as part of a video download service launching next year.
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Two major torrent sites have announced plans to start filtering their search results in an effort to block copyrighted content, and to avoid the need to shut down their services.
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Movie-on-demand service Vudu, which  launched on Wednesday, aims to lure customers from video rental  shops and digital cable television with over 5,000 movies from  major and independent studios ready to download.
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One of the big guns of the Wild West days of freely downloading music and movies over the Internet is going straight.
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DVD-by-mail service Netflix Inc. will begin delivering movies and other programming directly to televisions later this year through a set-top box that will pipe entertainment over a high-speed Internet connection.