BitTorrent in bed with movie, TV companies

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BitTorrent in bed with movie, TV companies

by Jordan Running Nov 29th 2006

Torrentfreak is reporting that BitTorrent has struck deals with several entertainment companies including 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, G4, Kadokawa Pictures USA, Lionsgate, MTV Networks (Comedy Central, MTV etc.), Palm Pictures and Starz Media, which will make those companies' movies and television shows available in BitTorrent's upcoming download store. Among the properties named are X-Men III, Mission: Impossible III, Prison Break, Laguna Beach, and South Park. These companies join Warner Bros. in partnership with BitTorrent, the launch of whose digital media store has been pushed back to early next year.

Tags: bittorrent, comedy central, ComedyCentral, fox, g4, kadokawa, lionsgate, movies, mtv, palm, paramount, starz, store, tv

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

The Tick said 5:53PM on 11-29-2006

Woohoo for BitTorrent!

whatdoyaknow said 8:53PM on 11-29-2006

I just wonder if people will bypass this site to go to another site that offers 100% free, no commericals, etc torrents.

Johnson said 1:50AM on 11-30-2006

This is great for BitTorrent.

Johnson said 4:14AM on 11-30-2006

This is great for BitTorrent.

shane said 10:19AM on 11-30-2006

Wow, so if legitimate uses of bittorrent start popping up maybe ISP's will be forced to stop throttling bittorrent traffic by the same companies that pressured them to do so in the first place.

shane said 10:19AM on 11-30-2006

-soory, I meant to say that maybe if MORE legitimate uses of bittorrent start popping up. There are already tons of perfectly legal uses out there as it is.

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