BitTorrent has launched the BitTorrent Entertainment Network, featuring a comprehensive library of digital entertainment content available for free, for rent and for purchase from 20th Century Fox, Lions Gate, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. and MGM. The BitTorrent community is offering movies, television shows and music videos for download, as well as the ability to upload and share user-created content (a great opportunity for independent artists and amateurs alike). “BitTorrent has the infrastructure, technology and established user base to significantly move the needle on digital distribution with quick, easy and affordable delivery,” said President Thomas Lesinski of Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment.
At launch, the BitTorrent Entertainment Network will feature over 5,000 new and old titles of movies, TV shows, PC games and music content. At this time, the majority of content is available only in standard definition; about 40 hours of content is encoded for high definition (plans are in motion to increase this number). Movie rentals are priced at $3.99 and $2.99 for new release and catalog titles, respectively. TV shows and music videos are download-to-own at $1.99 each. Videos are protected using Microsoft's Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM), meaning playback is limited to Windows-based machines, and a single PC at that. A wide variety of entertainment content, however, will be offered for free, without DRM and designed to be distributed across all platforms.
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Link: Forum Discussion (Thanks Martyn)
News source: DailyTech
At launch, the BitTorrent Entertainment Network will feature over 5,000 new and old titles of movies, TV shows, PC games and music content. At this time, the majority of content is available only in standard definition; about 40 hours of content is encoded for high definition (plans are in motion to increase this number). Movie rentals are priced at $3.99 and $2.99 for new release and catalog titles, respectively. TV shows and music videos are download-to-own at $1.99 each. Videos are protected using Microsoft's Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM), meaning playback is limited to Windows-based machines, and a single PC at that. A wide variety of entertainment content, however, will be offered for free, without DRM and designed to be distributed across all platforms.
View: BitTorrent Entertainment Network Link: Forum Discussion (Thanks Martyn) News source: DailyTech
Not sure about the WinDRM idea...
Muppets.
There was no info on the website.
"Battlestations Midway" for free haha yea right that game just came out a few weeks ago.
cause i tend to play alot of XviD movies on my xbox through XBMC... this is pretty much my primary use for XBMC , is playing XviD Movies/Videos etc.
XBMC is sure nice though ... streaming video from the pc to the xbox
this service is pretty much going to suck since you can get things like netflix for 10-20dollars a month for unlimited rentals.... where this service costs like 3-4dollars PER MOVIE
and also, im sure they will be using some crappy video format instead of the XviD, which is pretty much "the standard" video format the internet uses for movies for the most part.... as they look close to dvd quality (@ about 1hour per 700MB)
me personally i think if there going to charge for movie rentals they should NOT be more than about 1dollar tops, otherwise you would be better off just going to rent the dvd at your local video store or use something like netflix ... and also, KEEP music videos/tv shows those should be like 50cents or something tops.... IF there going to charge anything in the first place.
bottom line for me is.... i sure aint going to be using this service since there's better options out there.... and these guys prices are to high and have DRM in there crap.
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quote... "Videos are protected using Microsoft's Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM), meaning playback is limited to Windows-based machines" .... it should have said... "Videos are protected using Microsoft's Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM), meaning it's pretty much pointless to buy" lol
Paranoid freaks.
Use ecrypted connections with randomized ports. Never use the standard BT ports.
Also... I'm a little confused (and tired), but what are the resolutions of the movies or the quality in general... 1 gig +... better be some decent quality lol
Don't know if I'd use this service, will see in the future
Use ecrypted connections with randomized ports. Never use the standard BT ports.
You may want to actually research the issue you are trying to fix before spewing useless junk. It doesn't matter which port or if encryption is on/off in this particular case. Please do some research first next time.
me personally i prefer my movies in XviD format though over standard dvd cause you can fit like 3-6movies per dvd that way.... so even though quality is a "little" worse it's easily worth it if you ask me... especially if u got a XBox running XBMC
- Use Bittorrent as I have always been doing and download TV shows for free; or
- Use Bittorrent as I have always been doing and pay $3 for 24 hours.
Well, they certainly swayed me.If you want people to stop illegally downloading, you're supposed offer them benefits. And I think we've realised that "being morally just" is not a benefit.
I don't see how you'd be very inclined into paying for this.
So you can't even transfer these to DVD's with preserved quality?
They can't keep up with this and give their customers inferior products for a cost if they want to compete with piracy... It IS possible because many WANT to help their favorite artists, but applying DRM and give your customers hell isn't a way to start! It's like telling them "since you're all a bunch of thieves, here's some crippled versions you can't play right on your devices... now be happy and get this".
Last edited by Jugalator on 27 Feb 2007 - 07:42
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