PHILADELPHIA and SAN FRANCISCO, March 27 /PRNewswire/ - Comcast Corporation and BitTorrent, Inc. announced today that they will undertake a collaborative effort with one another and with the broader Internet and ISP community to more effectively address issues associated with rich media content and network capacity management. While BitTorrent and Comcast are talking directly, they are also in discussions with other parties to help facilitate a broader dialogue and cooperation across industries.
The Comcast and BitTorrent discussions have already produced meaningful results. On the one hand, Comcast announced that it will migrate by year-end 2008 to a capacity management technique that is protocol agnostic. “This means that we will have to rapidly reconfigure our network management systems, but the outcome will be a traffic management technique that is more appropriate for today’s emerging Internet trends. We have been discussing this migration and its effects with leaders in the Internet community for the last several months, and we will refine, adjust, and publish the technique based upon feedback and initial trial results,” said Tony Werner, Comcast Cable’s Chief Technology Officer.
In turn, BitTorrent acknowledged the need of ISPs to manage their networks, especially during times of peak congestion. “While we think there were other management techniques that could have been deployed, we understand why Comcast and other ISPs adopted the approach that they did initially. Recognizing that the Web is richer and more bandwidth intensive than it has been historically, we are pleased that Comcast understands these changing traffic patterns and wants to collaborate with us to migrate to techniques that the Internet community will find to be more transparent,” said Eric Klinker, BitTorrent’s Chief Technology Officer.
“Earlier this year, Comcast announced its plans for the aggressive deployment of wideband Internet services using the DOCSIS 3.0 standard, which we project will be available in up to 20% of Comcast’s households by the end of this year,” said John Schanz, Comcast Cable’s Executive Vice President of National Engineering and Technical Operations. “Additionally, we plan to more than double the upstream capacity of our residential Internet service in several key markets by year end 2008. We plan to take advantage of multi- carrier technology to further increase upstream capacity for all of our broadband customers in advance of the full DOCSIS 3.0 roll out.”
BitTorrent and Comcast have also agreed to work with other ISPs, other technology companies, and the Internet Engineering Task Force, to explore and develop a new distribution architecture for the efficient delivery of rich media content. “In the spirit of openness and fostering innovative solutions, BitTorrent will take the first step in enhancing our client applications to optimize them for a new broadband network architecture. Furthermore, we will publish these optimizations in open forums and standard bodies for all application developers to benefit from,” said Ashwin Navin, co-founder and president of BitTorrent, Inc.
“This new architecture would enable many new and emerging applications and will be based upon an open, non-discriminatory framework that could interface with or support multiple technologies. We believe that P2P technology has matured as an enabler for legal content distribution, so we need to have an architecture that can support it with techniques that work over all networks,” said Werner.
Both BitTorrent and Comcast expressed the view that these technical issues can be worked out through private business discussions without the need for government intervention.
“BitTorrent and Comcast can serve consumers best by working together along with the broader ISP and Internet community to jointly develop more efficient networks and applications. This should prove to be a productive partnership that will provide consumers with a better Internet experience,” said Doug Walker, CEO of BitTorrent.
“We appreciate the recent dialogue that we have had with BitTorrent and the progress that we have made in addressing our respective concerns. Working together, we can deliver a truly superior experience to all of our customers,” said Steve Burke, President of Comcast Cable.
BitTorrent is the global leader for delivering high-quality files over the Internet. Millions of users worldwide are using BitTorrent’s leading peer- assisted content delivery platform to publish, discover and download digital entertainment content quickly, easily and securely. Founded in 2004, BitTorrent is a privately held company backed by venture capital firms, Accel and DCM (formerly known as Doll Capital Management). The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information, visit http://www.bittorrent.com.
BitTorrent is a trademark of BitTorrent, Inc.
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (http://www.comcast.com) is the nation’s leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services. With 24.1 million cable customers, 13.2 million high- speed Internet customers, and 4.6 million voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.
Comcast’s content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One, ten Comcast SportsNet networks and Comcast Interactive Media, which develops and operates Comcast’s Internet business. Comcast also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.
]]>Las Vegas, January 7, 2008 - BitTorrent, Inc., the global standard for high-quality content delivery on the Internet, today announced D-Link, the end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumer and business, will join its BitTorrent Device Partners.
Through the BitTorrent Device Partners technology licensing and certification program, BitTorrent has certified a key D-Link router and network attached storage (NAS) device to aid consumers in accessing, storing and sharing large amounts of media content through the Internet. Currently, the latest BitTorrent Software Development Kit (SDK) is embedded in the D-Link DNS-323 storage unit, allowing it to act as a media hub for BitTorrent-enabled content, and certification has been granted to the award-winning D-Link Xtreme N™ DIR-655 draft 802.11n router for its ability to share high-speed Internet connections and link multiple home users on a network.
“We recognize the benefits BitTorrent technology brings to its large user base and are pleased to be able to add that functionality to our products,” said A.J. Wang, chief technical officer, D-Link. “By integrating the latest BitTorrent SDK into our NAS devices and ensuring our routers are BitTorrent Certified, we provide our customers with the most highly optimized BitTorrent implementation for connected devices and an efficient way to control and access their NAS device via an intuitive Web interface.”
“We are excited to have D-Link join our family of BitTorrent Device Partners to ensure that their industry-leading networking and storage devices are optimized for BitTorrent, and certified to provide a great user experience for advanced network applications,” said Ashwin Navin, president and co-founder of BitTorrent, Inc. “By virtue of the device partnerships we have, BitTorrent provides distributors of online video, games and software the best peer-assisted content delivery platform to ensure millions of broadband users enjoy a seamless experience for Internet-delivered media.”
Established in 2007, the goal of the BitTorrent Device Partners program is to work with a wide-array of hardware, middleware and application providers along the entire consumer electronics (CE) value chain to create next-generation consumer experiences that leverage BitTorrent’s advanced peer delivery technology. The BitTorrent SDK for Devices is the official BitTorrent release for embedded devices; the BitTorrent SDK supports the latest protocol enhancements and is compatible with all standard PC clients. BitTorrent certification for routers seeks to ensure the best possible consumer experience by minimizing the need for users to actively manage their router settings.
D-Link is an award-winning designer, developer and manufacturer of networking, broadband, digital electronics, voice, data and video communications solutions for the digital home, small office/home office (SOHO), small to medium business (SMB), and workgroup to enterprise environments. D-Link will be attending the 2008 International CES in Las Vegas and will be at Booth 36212, South Hall, Las Vegas Convention Center.
BitTorrent’s president and co-founder Ashwin Navin will deliver the keynote address at DCIA’s 1st Annual P2P Summit taking place on January 6, 2008 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall. Navin will also be speaking on a CES Knowledge Tracks panel on January 8, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. in the LVCC North Hall, N253 and at Digital Hollywood at CES on January 9, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. in the LVCC North Hall.
BitTorrent is the global standard for delivering high-quality files over the Internet. Millions of users worldwide are using BitTorrent’s leading peer-assisted content delivery platform to publish, discover and download digital entertainment content quickly, easily and securely. Founded in 2004, BitTorrent is a privately held company backed by venture capital firms, Accel and DCM (formerly known as Doll Capital Management). The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information, visit www.bittorrent.com.
BitTorrent is a trademark of BitTorrent, Inc.
D-Link is the global leader in connectivity for small, medium and large enterprise business networking. The company is an award-winning designer, developer and manufacturer of networking, broadband, digital electronics, voice, data and video communications solutions for the digital home, Small Office/Home Office (SOHO), Small to Medium Business (SMB), and Workgroup to Enterprise environments. With millions of networking and connectivity products manufactured and shipped, D-Link is a dominant market participant and price/performance leader in the networking and communications market. D-Link Systems, Inc. headquarters are located at 17595 Mt. Herrmann Street, Fountain Valley, Calif., 92708. Phone (800) 326-1688 or (714) 885-6000; FAX (866) 743-4905; Internetwww.dlink.com.
D-Link, Xtreme N and the D-Link logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of D-Link Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.
Lily Lin
Director of Communications
BitTorrent, Inc.
415-568-9007
lily@bittorrent.com
Les Goldberg, APR
Media Relations Manager
D-Link Systems, Inc.
les.goldberg@dlink.com
Las Vegas, January 7, 2008 - BitTorrent Inc., the global standard for high-quality content delivery on the Internet, today announced it has partnered with industry-leading hardware manufacturers in the Network Attached Storage (NAS) and consumer router markets as it expands its family of BitTorrent Device Partners. NETGEAR® (NASDAQGM: NTGR), a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking solutions, is working with BitTorrent to improve the digital home entertainment experience. By collaborating with a range of partners including hardware manufacturers, software providers, and chipmakers, BitTorrent adds value through embedded software, device certification and content delivery to enhance and simplify the consumer experience.
Driven by the growth of high-speed broadband and consumer demand for more robust home networking solutions and network storage capacity, the NAS and router markets will continue to see healthy growth. Simultaneously, BitTorrent users are increasingly utilizing these devices to store their massive digital entertainment libraries and easily access and share content throughout the home. BitTorrent is addressing this demand by offering its Software Development Kit (SDK) for consumer electronics (CE) devices, as well as certifying BitTorrent-optimized devices through the BitTorrent Certified Program.
“At last year’s Consumer Electronics Show, NETGEAR announced its initial collaboration with BitTorrent to promote video downloads streamed through our Digital Entertainer HD media receiver,” said Vivek Pathela, vice president of product marketing at NETGEAR. “This year, we are thrilled to expand our relationship with BitTorrent to enhance our new consumer-focused ReadyNAS Duo Gigabit Desktop Network Storage solutions and our RangeMax family of 802.11n wireless routers. With the BitTorrent protocol accounting for half of all global Internet traffic, it is key that NETGEAR ensure its products are optimized for BitTorrent’s robust content delivery.”
The goal of bringing together official BitTorrent Device Partners, established in 2007, is to work with a wide-array of hardware, middleware and application providers along the entire CE value chain to create next-generation consumer experiences with BitTorrent’s leading peer-assisted content delivery. The BitTorrent SDK for Devices is the official BitTorrent release for embedded devices representing the latest in BitTorrent protocol enhancements and compatible with all standard PC clients. With BitTorrent’s newest SDK offering, NAS companies will also be provided a ready-made reference implementation for users to control and access their NAS device via a web interface.
BitTorrent Certification for routers seeks to ensure the best possible consumer experience by minimizing the need for users to actively manage their router settings. Many routers are already capable of good results, but require too much work to configure for performance and security. BitTorrent has established a set of best practices and standard networking settings that simplify setup to enable top performance.
“NETGEAR shares BitTorrent’s commitment to empowering consumers and media distributors with advanced networking solutions that make Internet-delivered media seamless, economical, and fast to enjoy,” said Ashwin Navin, president and co-founder of BitTorrent, Inc. “By partnering with leading hardware companies like NETGEAR, we can guarantee a superior user experience for not only BitTorrent and services powered by BitTorrent DNA, but for all advanced networking applications many millions of consumers access everyday. BitTorrent Certified stands for a better Internet experience.”
At CES, NETGEAR will demonstrate the capabilities of its new ReadyNAS Duo Gigabit Desktop Network Storage solutions in Booth 36219 in South Hall 4. ReadyNAS Duo brings intelligent network storage technology to consumers enabling them to centralize, organize and share all digital media in the home with a simple-to-use solution that delivers best-in-class performance, scalability, versatility, and data redundancy that was once reserved for higher-priced business-class solutions. Optimized for BitTorrent, ReadyNAS Duo is a CES Innovations 2008 Design and Engineering Award honoree.
BitTorrent’s president and co-founder Ashwin Navin is delivering the keynote address at DCIA’s 1st Annual P2P Summit taking place on January 6, 2008 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall. Navin will also be speaking on a CES Knowledge Tracks panel on January 8, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. in the LVCC North Hall, N253 and at Digital Hollywood at CES on January 9, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. in the LVCC North Hall.
NETGEAR® (NASDAQGM: NTGR) designs technologically advanced, branded networking solutions that address the specific needs of small and medium business and home users. The Company’s product offerings enable users to share Internet access, peripherals, files, digital multimedia content and applications among multiple personal computers and other Internet-enabled devices. As an ENERGY STAR® partner, NETGEAR offers products that prevent greenhouse gas emissions by meeting strict energy-efficiency specifications set by the U.S. government. NETGEAR is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. For more information, visit the company’s Web site at www.netgear.com or call (408) 907-8000.
©2008 NETGEAR, Inc. NETGEAR®, the NETGEAR logo, and ReadyNAS, are trademarks or registered trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Information is subject to change without notice. All rights reserved.
BitTorrent is the global standard for delivering high-quality files over the Internet. Millions of users worldwide are using BitTorrent’s leading peer-assisted content delivery platform to publish, discover and download digital entertainment content quickly, easily and securely. Founded in 2004, BitTorrent is a privately held company backed by venture capital firms, Accel and DCM (formerly known as Doll Capital Management). The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information, visit www.bittorrent.com.
BitTorrent is a trademark of BitTorrent, Inc.
Lily Lin
Director of Communications
BitTorrent, Inc.
415-568-9007
lily@bittorrent.com
San Francisco, CA – December 20, 2007 – BitTorrent, the global standard for delivering high-quality files over the Internet, is pleased to announce that its president and co-founder, Ashwin Navin, will be keynoting the Distributed Computing Industry Association’s (DCIA) P2P Media Summit, a special partner program of the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Navin will open Sunday morning’s sessions focused on developing peer-to-peer (P2P) technologies for commercial distribution with a keynote about the future of digital entertainment and the opportunities for P2P content delivery. The P2P Media Summit will be held on Sunday, January 6, 2008 in conjunction with CES. The P2P Media Summit is the DCIA’s seminal industry event, featuring keynotes from top P2P and social networking software companies; tracks on policy, technology and marketing; panel discussions covering content distribution and solutions development; valuable workshops; and more. The focus of this Conference within CES is the commercial development of the P2P channel for content distribution.
Navin will also participate on an IPTV-focused panel entitled “IPTV: The Television of Tomorrow?” on Tuesday as part of the CES Knowledge Tracks conference. He will join panelists from Microsoft TV, AT&T, research firm IDC, the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing, and The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to discuss the reality of Internet TV.
Lastly, Navin will present on a third panel at the Digital Hollywood conference at CES. He will be a panelist on Wednesday afternoon for a discussion called “Next Generation P2P Music and Film” along with executives from Orrick, The Copyright Alliance, ContentGuard, Digital Watermarking Alliance, Itiva, Pando Networks and the DCIA.
In 2007, BitTorrent, Inc. launched three distinct business offerings including BitTorrent DNA, a secure, peer-accelerated content delivery service; a BitTorrent Software Development Kit (SDK) for CE manufacturers who are creating new devices for the home, office or on the move; and the BitTorrent Entertainment Network, home to the most comprehensive licensed catalog of thousands of movies, TV shows, music and games. Given BitTorrent’s position as a leader in content delivery, Navin has unique insights to share with conference attendees.
Ashwin Navin, President and Co-Founder, BitTorrent
Sunday, January 6, 2008
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM, PT
* Keynote Address: What’s Next for the World’s Leading P2P Protocol?
Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall
Room # N260
http://myces.bdmetrics.com/SessionDetails.aspx?id=2001690
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM, PT
* Presentation: IPTV: The Television of Tomorrow?
Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall
Room # N253
http://www.cesweb.org/attendees/conferences/search/session_detail.asp?ID_session=HLE13&ID_track=HLE_CES08
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, PT
* Presentation: Next Generation P2P Music and Film
Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall
Room # N259
http://myces.bdmetrics.com/SessionDetails.aspx?id=2000760
BitTorrent is the global standard for delivering high-quality files over the Internet. Millions of users worldwide are using BitTorrent’s leading peer-assisted content delivery platform to publish, discover and download digital entertainment content quickly, easily and securely. Founded in 2004, BitTorrent is a privately held company backed by venture capital firms, Accel and DCM (formerly known as Doll Capital Management). The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information, visit www.bittorrent.com.
BitTorrent is a trademark of BitTorrent, Inc.
]]>San Francisco and Arlington, VA – (Nov. 7, 2007) — BitTorrent and PBS today announced the availability of PBS programming via the BitTorrent Entertainment Network, BitTorrent’s content distribution platform. PBS is making its content available for purchase and download to the millions of BitTorrent users. PBS titles now available include prime-time programs such as HISTORY DETECTIVES, NOVA, and SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS; PBS KIDS programs such as CAILLOU and TELETUBBIES; as well as programming from selected local PBS stations.
“PBS is committed to making content available wherever consumers are accessing media,” said Andrew Russell, Senior Vice President, PBS Ventures. “We are thrilled to be working with BitTorrent and its unique distribution platform to expand the reach of public television’s content, including programming from some of our local PBS stations.”
“BitTorrent has enabled more licensed video for downloads and streams than any other company in the world,” said Ashwin Navin, President and Co-founder of BitTorrent, Inc. “We are proud to partner with PBS to make its award-winning national and local station programming available with our distribution platform.”
PBS joins an established roster of leading content partners, including 20th Century Fox, Lionsgate, MTV Networks, MGM, Paramount and Warner Bros, who utilize BitTorrent’s entertainment platform to provide feature-length films, TV shows and music videos direct to consumers. Not only does BitTorrent’s entertainment platform provide fast, on-demand access to the most comprehensive licensed catalog of thousands of movies, TV shows, music and games, it also provides content creators a publishing platform to list their works in high-quality alongside the most recognizable titles from major movie studios, TV networks, and record labels.
PBS is a media enterprise that serves 355 public noncommercial television stations and reaches more than 75 million people each week through on-air and online content. Bringing diverse viewpoints to television and the Internet, PBS provides high-quality documentary and dramatic entertainment, and consistently dominates the most prestigious award competitions. PBS is a leading provider of educational materials for K-12 teachers, and offers a broad array of other educational services. PBS’ premier kids’ TV programming and Web site, PBS KIDS Online (www.pbskids.org), continue to be parents’ and teachers’ most trusted learning environments for children. More information about PBS is available at www.pbs.org, one of the leading dot-org Web sites on the Internet.
BitTorrent is the global standard for delivering high-quality files over the Internet. Millions of users worldwide are using BitTorrent’s leading peer-assisted content delivery platform to publish, discover and download digital entertainment content quickly, easily and securely. Founded in 2004, BitTorrent is a privately held company backed by venture capital firms, Accel and DCM (formerly known as Doll Capital Management). The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information, visit www.bittorrent.com.
BitTorrent is a trademark of BitTorrent, Inc.
]]>San Francisco – October 17, 2007 – BitTorrent, home to the global standard for high-quality content delivery on the Internet, today announced that Douglas Walker, former CEO of Alias Systems, will now serve as chief executive officer and Eric Klinker, former CTO of Internap, will serve as chief technology officer. Walker and Klinker join an already established management team, which has been led by BitTorrent co-founders Bram Cohen and Ashwin Navin. Walker, who will oversee BitTorrent’s day-to-day operations, brings a unique wealth of experience and impressive track record of growing a technology organization to achieve breakthrough success. BitTorrent inventor and current CEO, Bram Cohen, will assume the role of chief scientist and current president Ashwin Navin remains in his role, unchanged. Both will continue to be deeply involved in all aspects of company strategy and operations.
“BitTorrent is a revolutionary company that has changed not only the world of media distribution, but is improving the very foundation of the Internet. Its technology leadership and market validation provides an exciting opportunity to apply proven business models to build a successful business,” said Douglas Walker, CEO of BitTorrent. “I look forward to working with Bram, Ashwin and the rest of the BitTorrent executive team to continue to capitalize on the unique position BitTorrent has in the enterprise, consumer and hardware markets. There’s a synergy and opportunity that no other company enjoys.”
Walker brings more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry to BitTorrent and has been a motivational leader in some of the world’s most innovative and successful technology businesses, including Silicon Graphics, Sun Microsystems, Prime Computer, and IBM. Prior to BitTorrent, Douglas served as president and CEO of Alias Systems, a dominant provider of 3D software technology to the entertainment and product design industries, and successfully led the company to its acquisition by Autodesk Corporation.
“Building scalable software is our forte, but we recognized the need for BitTorrent to scale as a company, therefore Ashwin and I spent the better part of this year looking for the right leader to continue the success we’ve demonstrated since we started the company,” said Bram Cohen, co-founder and chief scientist at BitTorrent. “In Doug, we found the right person to complement our strengths, and provide the experience, leadership and guidance to take our business to the next level.”
Also having joined BitTorrent’s management team as CTO is Eric Klinker, who brings nearly two decades of networking experience as a technologist and innovator. Eric joins BitTorrent from his previous post as CTO and Vice President of Engineering at Internap, a leading provider of network optimization and content delivery solutions. Prior to Internap, Eric was CTO and Chief Architect for netVmg, a pioneering provider of intelligent route control and bandwidth management products.
“When I started the company with Bram in 2004, P2P was a widely misunderstood technology but we have achieved validation that many deemed impossible, including the recruitment of world-class executives like Doug and Eric to help us capture the commercial opportunity that exists for BitTorrent,” said Ashwin Navin, co-founder and president. “We are especially grateful for the BitTorrent ecosystem of users, developers, and publishers that have grown with us and got us to where we are as a company and community.”
Last quarter, Mark Hopper also joined BitTorrent as the vice president and general manager of Enterprise Services at BitTorrent. Hopper brings 20 years worth of expertise in the Internet, mobile communications, video and multimedia industries. Prior to joining BitTorrent, Mark was the VP of International Solutions and Market Development at VeriSign. At VeriSign, he was responsible for the company’s market strategy and solution programs to international communication service providers to enable secure communications, commerce and content delivery.
BitTorrent is the global standard for delivering high-quality files over the Internet. Millions of users worldwide are using BitTorrent’s leading peer-assisted content delivery platform to publish, discover and download digital entertainment content quickly, easily and securely. Founded in 2004, BitTorrent is a privately held company backed by venture capital firms, Accel and DCM (formerly known as Doll Capital Management). The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information, visit www.bittorrent.com.
BitTorrent is a trademark of BitTorrent, Inc.
]]>San Francisco, CA – October 9, 2007 – BitTorrent, Inc., home to the global standard for delivering high-quality Internet media, today announced the general availability of the BitTorrent Delivery Network Accelerator (DNA) service. BitTorrent DNA is a peer-accelerated content delivery service that provides consumers faster, more reliable, more efficient access to rich content through downloads or streams. Brightcove, an Internet TV platform leader, will be the first to integrate BitTorrent DNA to accelerate the delivery of instant-on, broadcast-quality streaming video to their customers.
The new BitTorrent DNA content delivery service is targeted
at the needs of commercial content publishers including media companies, software
firms and video game publishers. Content publishers recognize that the heavily
centralized Internet infrastructure currently in place adversely affects the
consumer experience and business model for content distribution. Through years
of networking innovation and refinement, BitTorrent DNA is designed to be the
ideal solution for publishers seeking ways to overcome the obstacles associated
with centralized content delivery, such as slow downloads, choppy video
streams, and inefficient use of network infrastructure. BitTorrent DNA provides
fast downloads for large files like feature-length movies, games, software
programs, and makes it possible to easily stream broadcast-quality video.
“The Internet has become an essential source of entertainment for everything from music, games to TV shows, and even high-definition movies. Given the rapidly growing BitTorrent network, we already have the broadcast infrastructure in place that effectively multiplies the scale of the existing Internet to handle the next wave of content distribution,” said Ashwin Navin, president and co-founder of BitTorrent, Inc. “Implementing BitTorrent DNA on top of legacy infrastructure has the profound impact of allowing our customers to deliver a better user experience, higher quality video, faster software downloads, all with the security and reliability of a managed service.”
“Internet TV started with short videos on websites, but the next step is to move seamlessly from contextual video into full-screen, full-length programming,” said Jeremy Allaire, Brightcove chairman and chief executive officer. “BitTorrent DNA addresses fundamental technology challenges associated with high-quality media delivery online, and by integrating it into a new offering in our Internet TV service, we can give our content publishers the option to easily deliver full-screen, broadcast-quality streaming video to their viewers.”
BitTorrent DNA works seamlessly with pre-existing web infrastructure, which makes it easy to implement. It can leverage traditional content delivery networks (CDNs), origin servers or data center solutions, at the same time enabling content publishers to shift as much as 80 percent of content delivery to a secure, managed peer network. This peer network acceleration dramatically improves the speed and reliability of content delivery, while also greatly reducing bandwidth usage and costs. By employing this hybrid approach of combining peer-to-peer (P2P) technology and traditional content delivery, a content publisher can deliver rich, high-quality content, as well as successfully implement new business models such as ad-supported video and try-before-you-buy online games-all without compromising user experience, reliability and performance.
“From the beginning BitTorrent has been a revolutionary technology that, unlike most transport mechanisms, actually improves as the number of people who use it increases,” said Rob Enderle Principal analyst for the Enderle Group. “This may simply be one of the few examples of the right technology at exactly the right time as users increasingly are demanding larger media rich files at increasing speeds while providers are looking to reduce their overhead and the cost of their services. BitTorrent is one of the few technologies that effectively meets both of these needs.”
BitTorrent DNA is a peer-accelerated content delivery service that enables faster and more reliable downloads from websites, providing users access to richer and higher quality content, and ensuring a superior user experience for streaming video and many other applications.
BitTorrent DNA is specifically designed to be lightweight, unobtrusive and network friendly. BitTorrent DNA:
BitTorrent DNA is available today. Pricing is flexible whereby customers only pay for gigabytes of data delivered by the managed peer network.
BitTorrent is the global standard for delivering high-quality files over the Internet. Millions of users worldwide are using BitTorrent’s leading peer-assisted content delivery platform to publish, discover and download digital entertainment content quickly, easily and securely. Founded in 2004, BitTorrent is a privately held company backed by venture capital firms, Accel and DCM (formerly known as Doll Capital Management). The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information, visit www.bittorrent.com.
BitTorrent is a trademark of BitTorrent, Inc.
]]>San Francisco, CA and Tokyo,
Japan-September 24, 2007-BitTorrent Inc., home to the global standard for
delivering high-quality files and media over the Internet, today announced that
it has established BitTorrent Japan as a wholly owned subsidiary headquartered
in Tokyo, Japan. BitTorrent founded BitTorrent Japan
to address the growing demand for peer-assisted content delivery technology
among Japanese content publishers and consumer electronics (CE) manufacturers.
Japan has long been a leader in Internet innovation. The country has the world’s most advanced broadband and mobile networks, CE devices and game consoles, and Web services. As a result, there is high demand among content publishers and electronic software providers for BitTorrent DNA, a secure, managed peer-assisted networking platform that significantly reduces bandwidth and content delivery costs. BitTorrent DNA, which stands for Delivery Network Accelerator, enables websites to provide the best end-user experience by seamlessly adding speed, reliability and efficiency to their current content delivery infrastructure. There is also high demand among Japanese hardware manufacturers to integrate BitTorrent’s software development kit (SDK) into next-generation CE devices. BitTorrent is already working with Japanese device manufacturers such as Buffalo Technology and Planex Communications to integrate its technology into the latest network-attached storage (NAS) devices, wireless routers and set-top boxes.
“We are intrigued by Japan’s advanced broadband environment that exists as a result of innovation and competition among ISPs. BitTorrent has the ability to leverage the capacity that exists within the Japanese Internet to create great user experiences for online applications while dramatically reducing infrastructure costs for publishers,” said Ashwin Navin, President and Co-founder of BitTorrent, Inc. “Although P2P technologies are still misunderstood as a result of their abuses, we are confident BitTorrent, due to its security, performance, efficiency, and technical merits, will become the leading peer-assisted delivery platform in Japan for on-demand video, software, and video games. Having a physical presence in Japan promises an unparalleled level of support to our Japanese partners and commitment to customer success.”
The newly established subsidiary, BitTorrent Japan, commenced its business operations in Q3 2007 under the leadership of general manager Hirotoshi Wakiyama. Wakiyama has over 25 years of business development and sales experience for start-up companies seeking entry into the Japanese market. As president of Netmanage Japan K.K., Wakiyama contributed a great deal to the boom of Japan’s Internet community. He has established business development teams and sales channels from the ground up for companies like Liberate Technologies, Array Networks and IronPort Systems, selling services and products to customers that included Internet Service Providers (ISPs), enterprises and academic institutions.
The establishment of BitTorrent Japan will allow BitTorrent to bolster its leadership position in Japan by distributing its products and services, such as BitTorrent DNA and BitTorrent’s SDK, directly to the Japanese market. BitTorrent Japan will also be able to better provide direct business development, engineering and sales support to local Japanese customers.
BitTorrent Japan is a wholly owned subsidiary of BitTorrent, Inc., home to the global standard for delivering high-quality files over the Internet. Established in 2007, BitTorrent Japan is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
BitTorrent is the global standard for delivering high-quality files over the Internet. Millions of users worldwide are using BitTorrent’s leading peer-assisted content delivery platform to publish, discover and download digital entertainment content quickly, easily and securely. Founded in 2004, BitTorrent is a privately held company backed by venture capital firms, Accel and DCM (formerly known as Doll Capital Management). The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information, visit www.bittorrent.com.
BitTorrent is a trademark of BitTorrent, Inc.
Hirotoshi Wakiyama
General Manager
BitTorrent Japan
info@bittorrent.co.jp
Phone: 03-3252-3350
Email: 03-3253-3350
Lily
Lin
Director of Communications
BitTorrent, Inc.
415-568-9007
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AUSTIN, Texas -September 6, 2007 - Online Game Services, Inc. (OGSi), a business unit of GNi, and BitTorrent, home to the global standard for delivering high-quality files and media over the Internet, announced today at the Austin Game Developers Conference (GDC) that they have partnered to develop a download solution for online gaming.
Under the terms of the agreement, OGSi will augment its industry-leading games hosting and transport offering with BitTorrent’s peer-assisted content delivery service to create a world-class platform for game developers. The OGSi download platform will be offered to all OGSi online game customers with game download and video streaming requirements.
The peer-assisted download platform provides game developers an efficient and scalable content delivery solution, enabling a superior user experience. Unpredictable and unscheduled popularity of a game title is commonplace in the industry, and the cost to scale has often been prohibitive. With BitTorrent DNA, game developers can focus on providing the best possible user experience rather than provisioning infrastructure which may or may not be needed.
“By leveraging the efficiency of BitTorrent DNA, game developers using the OGSi platform won’t be punished for their popularity. In fact, with BitTorrent, the more popular the game is, the faster the downloads are for users,” said Ashwin Navin, president and co-founder of BitTorrent, Inc. “Although many gamers are already fans of BitTorrent, with DNA they’ll enjoy the most sophisticated BitTorrent client they’ve ever had, one which improves download performance and video quality without compromising game play.”
OGSi CEO James Hursthouse commented: “We are extremely pleased to be working with BitTorrent on this solution. We believe that the combination of GNi’s extremely high-quality network, along with the flexibility and reach of the BitTorrent DNA solution provides exactly the right balance of power, price/performance and quality that the games industry is looking for.”
The joint solution also allows developers to serve parts of the world where robust server infrastructure may not exist, and network connections are limited or erratic. All this without having to restart large game downloads when connections are lost. Lastly, the service provides game developers with detailed reporting and insights into the entire infrastructure including the managed BitTorrent peer network. Reporting from the edge of the network enables the most comprehensive view of the server, CDN, and peer-network activity from the user’s perspective, including download statistics and performance.
Under the agreement, both parties are evaluating the expansion of their pre-existing relationship in the form of additional data center services from GNi and support for BitTorrent’s Center of Excellence, which will provide real-time demonstrations of peer-to-peer download acceleration. OGSi will continue to operate its worldwide online games hosting infrastructure to provide hosting service to game developing companies, from beta stages through full commercial ramp-up, providing rock-solid 24/7 support, competitive pricing and passion for gaming ensure the maximum possible return for their customers. BitTorrent will continue to exclusively develop, maintain and offer the BitTorrent client software, both as an executable and software development kit (SDK).
BitTorrent is the global standard for delivering high-quality files over the Internet. Millions of users worldwide are using BitTorrent’s leading peer-assisted content delivery platform to publish, discover and download digital entertainment content quickly, easily and securely. Founded in 2004, BitTorrent is a privately held company backed by venture capital firms, Accel and DCM (formerly known as Doll Capital Management). The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information, visit http://www.bittorrent.com.
Online Game Services Inc. (OGSi) is a business unit of GNi, an award-winning, rapidly expanding managed services company. GNi provides the operational expertise, economies of scale, and vendor relationships that ensure OGSi’s game hosting is second to none in terms of both price and performance. OGSi has been refining its game service provider business model since its inception in June 2004. By providing games companies with fully-managed, dedicated game hosting services, comprising best-of-breed server and network infrastructure, and expert network design, deployment and operation within a “pay-as-you-grow” model, customers can offset much of the risk and cost associated with online game deployment. For further information, visit http://www.onlinegameservices.com.
GNi has become a leading provider of customer-centric managed services that extend customers’ infrastructure while dramatically reducing their total cost of ownership (TCO). GNi provides the expertise, resources and solutions to meet and exceed customers’ unique onsite and off-site requirements. Services include managed internet, world-class network security, disaster recovery, server management and hosting, operations management, and solutions consulting. GNi’s unique P.O.W.E.R. (Process Organized with Efficient Resources) methodology delivers consistent levels of excellence for efficiently managing peak loads and guaranteeing uptime. For more information, visit http://www.gni.com.
]]>SAN FRANCISCO-June 18, 2007-BitTorrent, the global standard for high-quality content delivery on the Internet, today announced the availability of its Software Development Kit (SDK) for consumer electronics devices. The goal of BitTorrent’s Software Licensing and related Device Certification Program is to ensure a superior entertainment experience for users of a growing array of CE products integrating BitTorrent’s technology. BitTorrent is enabling hardware manufacturers to bundle, optimize, embed or develop integrated content delivery services for products such as Network-Attached Storage (NAS) devices, set-top boxes, digital media adapters and routers.
Buffalo Inc., a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of wireless and wired networking, storage and memory solutions, is the latest to announce it will integrate BitTorrent functionality into its next generation of NAS devices, which will ship globally. As part of the collaboration, Buffalo will also participate in BitTorrent’s Device Certification Program, which provides seamless compatibility between hardware and the expanding number of BitTorrent-based consumer and commercial-grade services, as well as marketing and branding opportunities. BitTorrent has already teamed with chipmakers Marvell Semiconductors and iAdea/Star Semiconductor; and hardware manufacturers ASUSTeK, Netgear, Planex Communications and QNAP Systems.
“We see BitTorrent as broadband’s next ‘killer app’ and integrating this functionality more deeply into our product line ensures our customers will be investing in value-added products offering the best digital entertainment experience,” said Morikazu Sano, Assistant General Manager, Global Marketing at Buffalo Inc. “To gain BitTorrent Certified status for our NAS devices informs our customers that we are committed to providing them with a high-performance and simple user experience for accessing and enjoying rich content on the Internet.”
The BitTorrent Device Software business is one of three lines of business being operated by BitTorrent, Inc. BitTorrent launched its consumer entertainment network in February 2007 at www.bittorrent.com featuring titles from over 40 major content partners such as 20th Century Fox, MGM, MTV Networks and Paramount. BitTorrent will also soon be launching its commercial content delivery platform, BitTorrent DNA. BitTorrent’s Device Software business, supported by its SDK and Device Certification Program, bolsters the worldwide installed base of over 150 million BitTorrent clients by helping users identify hardware products that deliver the best performance and consumer experience.
“Given that BitTorrent is already the standard for rich content delivery on the Web; the growing ecosystem reinforces our vision to provide a very fast, intuitive and seamless way for consumers to enjoy movies, music and games,” said Ashwin Navin, President and Co-Founder of BitTorrent, Inc. “Whether it’s a NAS device from Buffalo, a set-top-box, a wireless router, or any other partner product, ‘BitTorrent Certified’ universally stands for a better digital entertainment experience.”
The BitTorrent SDK is generally available now for hardware developers to license. For more information about the Device Software SDK, the Device Certification Program, the program components and the certification process, visit http://www.bittorrent.com/about/device.
BitTorrent is the global standard for delivering high-quality files over the Internet. Millions of users worldwide are using BitTorrent’s leading peer-assisted content delivery platform to publish, discover and download digital entertainment content quickly, easily and securely. Founded in 2004, BitTorrent is a privately held company backed by venture capital firms, Accel and DCM (formerly known as Doll Capital Management). The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information, visit www.bittorrent.com.
BitTorrent is a trademark of BitTorrent, Inc.
Buffalo Inc., based in Japan, is a leading global provider of award-winning networking, storage, multimedia and memory solutions for the home and small business environments as well as for system builders and integrators. With almost three decades of networking and computer peripheral experience, Buffalo has proven its commitment to delivering innovative, best-of-breed solutions that have put the company at the forefront of infrastructure technology. For more information about Buffalo Inc. and its products, please visit www.buffalotech.com.
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