The director of Red Army, in theaters January 23 talks to us about sport as religion in Soviet Russia. Gabe Polsky’s acclaimed film, Red Army (Sony Pictures Classics), examines the rise and fall of the Soviet nation through the lens of hockey: Cold War battles fought in stadiums, on ice. The Red Army BitTorrent Bundle,…

The comedian/writer/director talks to us about selling your film, without selling out. In 2013, David Cross finished work on HITS, a dark comedy about fame and delusion in the Internet age. Katelyn (Meredith Hagner) is fixed on winning a role on The Voice. Dave (Matt Walsh) is fixated on outing government conspiracies. Brooklyn is determined…

BitTorrent to launch first paygated documentary series, featuring a catalog of 16 acclaimed films from leading independent distributor FilmBuff. In September, we launched Bundle paygates with Thom Yorke. Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes was downloaded by 4.4 million fans around the world. In November, we opened up paygate applications to all artists. And on February 3, we’ll…

Today our partner Adzerk unveiled that we are working together to power display ads for the BitTorrent Media Network, which includes the BitTorrent Bundle platform, and both the BitTorrent and uTorrent clients. We have built a custom advertising solution on top of Adzerk’s API, which is designed to scale with our millions of users. Our…

Gramatik and Co. kick off 2015 with the release of Lowtemporary Vol. 1 via BitTorrent Bundle In this edition of Friday Download: No genre’s are off limits when Gramatik is at the helm, as is the case with Lowtemp Records, his indie label “created by artists for artists”. From cinematic soundscapes to breackneck beats, the…