BitTorrent, Inc.
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| Type | Private company |
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| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Key people | Bram Cohen, CEO Ashwin Navin, President & COO |
| Industry | Internet Software & Services |
| Products | Content Delivery Content Aggregation Internet Video-on-demand |
| Employees | 29 (2006) |
| Slogan | All together now. |
| Website | www.bittorrent.com |
BitTorrent, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, is an American corporation that develops Internet content distribution technology based on the BitTorrent protocol. The company was founded on September 22nd, 2004 by Bram Cohen, and Ashwin Navin, BitTorrent's CEO and President respectively. BitTorrent Inc. also maintains the BitTorrent protocol.
[edit] Business Model
The company has announced two revenue models: content aggregation at http://www.bittorrent.com where the company on February 26, 2007 released a web-based store to distribute movies, TV shows, music and video games. The company also licenses its technology to websites "to add the speed and efficiency of patented BitTorrent technology to their current content delivery infrastructure, significantly reducing bandwidth costs while increasing capacity over standard HTTP delivery solutions." http://www.bittorrent.com/about
The later solution allows website developers to overlay their content delivery network (CDN) vendor with BitTorrent's P2P CDN, built on the company's widely used client software. One should be able to expect dramatic cost savings using P2P bandwidth relative to the cost of CDN bandwidth, however ISPs may view this as an unattractive application of their network capacity.
In the words of the company's president: "BitTorrent has fundamentally changed the Internet . . by enabling high-speed and high-quality content distribution on the web," said Mr Navin. "Today we have announced the role BitTorrent.com will play as a hub for consumers to enjoy their favourite entertainment, but we see a future that involves BitTorrent's content delivery platform powering thousands of websites, including those of content creators themselves."
[edit] Partners
According to the Company's website, the company has announced partnerships with some 35 companies, including:
[edit] See also
- BitTorrent
- BitTorrent home page
- Founded in San Francisco
- BitTorrent to Open Video Store
- Warner Bros. to sell films via BitTorrent
- Roth, Daniel (November 14, 2005). "Torrential Reign." Fortune, p. 91–96.
- http://www.bittorrent.com/companyoverview.html
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| Companies | BitTorrent, Inc. |
| Prominent individuals | Bram Cohen • Ashwin Navin • Ludvig Strigeus |
| Technology | Tracker • Client • Super-seeding • Peer exchange • Broadcatching (BT RSS List) |
| Prominent clients (category) | Official BitTorrent Client • ABC • Azureus • BitComet • BitTornado • KTorrent • Transmission • µTorrent • Halite |
| Prominent sites (category) | LokiTorrent • Suprnova.org • The Pirate Bay • AnimeSuki • Demonoid • Mininova • isoHunt • TorrentSpy • Empornium • UKNova |
