BitTorrent introduces streaming service app BitTorrent Now

You most likely know of BitTorrent for the illegal content that gets shared on its peer-to-peer platform. But this new app is completely legal and works similar to how other content streaming services work. BitTorrent Now first debuted on Android but is now available for iOS and Apple TV. They’ve enlisted the help of various publishers, such as The Onion, Super Deluxe, and IHeartComix, to share content that’s either free, paid, or ad-supported. The content creators are the one who have control over their content. Users will need to either sign-in or pay to access content. If you feel like checking this out, the app is now up for download on the App Store.

Source: 9to5Mac

Actor David Cross lets you pay what you want to download his film on BitTorrent

Looking for less traditional ways to get his first film to the fans, David Cross is letting you pay what you want for his new film HITS over at BitTorrent. This offer will be available for the first two weeks of the film’s release starting this Friday, February 13. It remains to be seen if this’ll be a good distribution model but he hopes this will get the film faster to fans and it’ll eliminate the need to pirate a copy. Fans of the film will also be able to pay what they want at 50 select theatres in the U.S. and Canada during the film’s debut on Thursday. But HITS will also get a more traditional release in theatres in New York and Los Angeles. Vimeo, Google Play, and iTunes will also distribute the film.

HITS stars Matt Walsh, Meredith Hagner, Jason Ritter, Amy Sedaris, and Michael Cera. It tells the story of Dave, a municipal worker that causes a ruckus in his town when his rants about potholes went viral on YouTube.

Source: TechCrunch

Game of Thrones is most pirated show of 2012 with 25 million downloads

Winter is Coming down the torrent sites as HBO's Game of Thrones is the most pirated TV show of 2012. The second season of the popular show  began early April. It has been tracked by Big Champagne which revealed that the show has been downloaded 25 million times with a peak of 2.5 million downloads a day.

Game of Thrones, which is based on George R. R. Martin's sword and sorcery epic Song of Fire and Ice series of books.

Being an HBO-exclusive series, Game of Thrones is accessible only to cable subsribers and HBO/Go users.

"This is absolutely a reaction to the show’s not being available elsewhere online," explains Robinson. "It’s a very tricky game trying to create this kind of scarcity," explained John Robinson, a senior media analyst with Big Champagne in a report from TGDaily.com.

Source: TG Daily