BitTorrent, the company whose Internet file-sharing technology is perhaps best known for the illegal trafficking of copyrighted content, has launched a new service designed to let media companies use its technology to blast out faster streams of online content over their legitimate channels. The service, called “BitTorrent Delivery Network Accelerator,” will let commercial content publishers, including media companies, software firms and video game publishers, utilize their customers’ or members’ PCs — and their broadband Internet connections — to deliver video and files.
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BitTorrent Aims to Hasten Flow of Video Downloads
Posted by: Chris Maxcer October 10, 2007 08:29 AMBitTorrent, the company whose Internet file-sharing technology is perhaps best known for the illegal trafficking of copyrighted content, has launched a new service designed to let media companies use its technology to blast out faster streams of online content over their legitimate channels. The service, called “BitTorrent Delivery Network Accelerator,” will let commercial content publishers, including media companies, software firms and video game publishers, utilize their customers’ or members’ PCs — and their broadband Internet connections — to deliver video and files.