Irony: ‘pirate’ BitTorrent is going to make their own television – HP / De Tijd

A company limited to offering film and television seems outdated. Take only all Netflix, the provider of on-demand television. In 2012 appeared the first locally produced television series. Meanwhile, Orange is the New Black and House of Cards established titles in TV land. E-commerce company Amazon recently made the same step, and produced the award-winning series Transparent . And soon closes a business with them:. BitTorrent, the service that distributes ironically years free movies and series – to the chagrin of producers

Bundles BitTorrent is legal alternative to ordinary BitTorrent. Most of the music on Bundles of independent musicians, but the site also has the album by rock legend Thom Yorke. The site acts much like illegal verise BitTorrent, with the big difference that people will pay. The money goes directly to the listener to the artist. In cooperation with Rapid Eye Studios will produce and publish content BitTorrent BitTorrent Bundles. BitTorrent announced yourself first to have full rights, but after one or two months to give the series completely free.

Although the company from San Francisco in the footsteps of Netflix, no competition claims to want to go with the popular platform. The content will be a lot more framed are the wide range of giant Netflix. They aim at the target group of young people between 14 and 15 years. The first series, Children of the machine, is the end of 2015 and falls within the genre of science fiction.

BitTorrent has announced that it hung an interesting business model in the series. By first trial episode free online, the company hopes to get enough people to reach into their pockets for the sequel. And that may not be everyone: if 250,000 people willing to pay $ 9.95 for the entire season, it would be a whole can be released

Now the company takes an entirely different approach. . The series will be shown for free via BitTorrent Bundles, whereby the company will primarily make money from ads. For real fans, it is still possible to deposit money: for $ 9.95 you get a bonus version of the series, without advertising

Let’s hope for BitTorrent that colleagues will not illegally distribute the content. before the first profit is made