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Last December, we asked independent artists to weigh in on the present and future of creative sustainability. Not surprising, creators identified direct-to-fan distribution as most significant digitally-driven change. 59% of artists said getting their work discovered is the biggest challenge they face in their own career, followed by fan outreach. Digital distribution lives and dies…

Frank Ocean is, without dispute, one of the most fearless artists of our age. Certainly there are no shortage of other artists pushing the boundaries of creativity to the breaking point. Members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in a penal colony for performing an anti-Putin song in a Moscow cathedral,…

I remember when Dan Schoenbrun first sent us the screener for collective:unconscious, an anthology film about dreams, nightmares, volcanos, suburban paranoia, and the state of race in America. We were like, damn – that content is tight.

First, they were assigned someone else’s dream. Second, they were asked to ‘capture the spirit of the dream’ they received. Third, they created a one-of-a-kind anthology film known as collective:unconscious … co-directed/interpreted by filmmakers Lily Baldwin, Frances Bodomo, Daniel Patrick Carbone, Josephine Decker, and Lauren Wolkstein. This rapid eye movement cinema premiered at the SXSW…

History will be made tonight when Hillary Clinton formally becomes the first female presidential candidate for a major US political party. And nothing will be sacred as the BitTorrent News crew critiques, comments, and cracks-wise on the proceedings. Visit btlive.tv to download BitTorrent live for Mac, Apple TV, or Fire TV and tune-in to BitTorrent News…

Download and tune-in to BitTorrent News’ coverage of the Republican National Convention BitTorrent Live, the multichannel OTT app, is now available for  OS X (Apple laptops and desktops). Download the DMG file here. One of the key channels on BitTorrent Live is BitTorrent News. If you’re not watching BitTorrent News’ coverage of the RNC, you’re…

Josh Rubin Joins Production Team in Partnership with The Daily Dot, BitTorrent Live now available on Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV

BitTorrent Now, our direct-to-fan streaming app, is now available on both Apple TV and iOS. For the first time, fans can stream music and film from independent artists to all their devices in the Apple ecosystem.

Following the introduction of BitTorrent Live, a multichannel OTT app based on proprietary live streaming technology, today we unveil the details of the much anticipated BitTorrent News. BitTorrent News is a live-streaming TV news network that will be featured on BitTorrent Live starting July 18th. For news and sports, time is of the essence. BitTorrent…

At BitTorrent, our goal is to build people-powered platforms for filmmakers, musicians, and more to share their stories. We’re committed to amplifying awesome, original, and outside voices. That’s why we’re stoked to announce that BitTorrent will be working with unique individuals who express themselves not necessarily on set or in the studio, but on the…