BitTorrent Blog
Kicking Off Live Testing of TWiT.tv – Help Seed at 4 p.m. PT?
One of our favorite tech channels on the Internet is Leo Laporte’s TWiT.tv. The shows are funny, smart, and the commentators always have a unique opinion on all the happenings in tech-land. It’s watercooler fodder for us geeky types. So when the TWiT.tv contacted us a couple of weeks ago about Bram’s live streaming technology…
This Friday! BitTorrent Live Studio Session with The Genie and El Diablo. Join us…
This Friday, BitTorrent Live brings you another live studio session featuring The Genie & El Diablo. As continue hosting these live studio tests, we aim to increase the number of concurrent viewers to test and scale Bram Cohen’s live streaming protocol. Each Friday at 8:00 PM PT (4:00 GMT) the live studio is hosting unique…
BitTorrent Live Studio Session This Friday: DJ Lance DeSardi and VJ K4
Have you tuned into our live studio sessions yet? These Friday night events have been a lot of fun! Our goal is to test Bram Cohen’s new live P2P streaming protocol, but the result has been truly unique for fans and viewers. This Friday (tomorrow, 11/18) at 8:00 PM Pacific Time (3:00 GMT), please join us to…
BitTorrent Live Studio Session with DJ Cheb I Sabbah and VJ Biolumenence This Friday
Last week we brought you two BitTorrent Live tests including our first ever offsite event with Bray! Check out his new album here. This Friday (11/11) at 8:00 PM Pacific Time (3:00 GMT ), we have more great talent (DJ Cheb I Sabbah and VJ Biolumenence) lined up to rock your Friday night. Before you head out…
BitTorrent Live Studio Test with DJ Hax and VJ Biolumenence
Last Friday was another successful event at the BitTorrent Live studio! Tonight, we are excited to feature DJ Hax and VJ Biolumenence (10/28) at 8:00 PM Pacific Time (3:00 GMT). Join us at http://live.bittorrent.com/, and help us test and define the future of live streaming technology. Testing the live protocol is easy. When it is time for…
BitTorrent Live Featuring DJ/Producer Jef Stott 10/21 5:00 PM PT (11:59 PM GMT)
Last Friday, we had a great time kicking the tires on our upcoming live streaming protocol with DJ/Producer Janaka Selekta from our new office studio. A big thank you to all of you who tuned in – the feedback is invaluable. In fact it was so useful that we’ve decided to continue our scalability testing…
R&D Live Streaming Test Friday
If you’re hanging out and want to be a part of something very cool tomorrow, well then we might have your Friday night ticket. We’re suiting up for an early R&D technology test, which is open to anyone interested in helping us move our Live Streaming technology forward. Join us and our BitTorrent live testing…
New Music: 80 Proof Brings Rock/Reggae Mix to BitTorrent (FB Like the contest page to vote!)
One of our favorite bands, 80 Proof (a six-piece eclectic rock/reggae band from Southern California), is a finalist in KROQ’s Cabo Wabos Your Shot to Rock contest, which wraps up this Friday. And just in time, the band is releasing a selection of awesome songs directly to YOU. The app is now live in the App Studio/Find Content…
The Curious Case of Caps and Congestion
If you are interested in data caps and network congestion challenges, GigaOm graciously allowed me to share my thoughts today in a guest post (full version available here). In a nutshell, I believe data caps will do nothing to solve the congestion challenges. ISP bottlenecks almost exclusively occur at peak times. Even if your monthly…
Khan Academy Education Videos Arrive in the App Studio
Imagine an organization with one mission – to provide a world-class education, for free, to anyone, anywhere. Now imagine having instant access to all that knowledge directly in your BitTorrent or uTorrent client. Today we launched a brand-new app in collaboration with Khan Academy, a renowned not-for-profit organization fulfilling the mission of global education…