BitTorrent announced that it will launch a Live TV network with news at 18 July at the National Republic Congress (RNC) to be held in Cleveland, Ohio.
The news comes a week after it was revealed companys to hire a former CNN producer to head up the new BitTorrent News streaming channel. Harrison Bohrman will lead a team of six, which includes three former Al reporters Jazeera and producers.
Η BitTοrrent είναι περισσότερο γνωστή σαν η εταιρεία που αναπτύσσει το BitTοrrent ένα peer-to-peer (P2P) πρωτόκολλο αντchangeς files, but it appears to be trying to cut its ties with illegal file sharing and piracy, trying to find its place as a media company.
In May, the company launched BitTorrent Live, a multi-channel video streaming application for Apple TV, and then released it to OS X.
Η εταιρεία ανέφερε ότι θα ακολουθήσει υποστήριξη για περισσότερες πλατφόρμες και σχεδιάζει να είναι η εφαρμογή που θα "παίζει" το BitTοrrent News.
Σύμφωνα με δήλωση της εταιρείας, το BitTοrrent News θα έχει σαν "προορισμό να είναι μια ανεξάρτητη φωνή για ειδήσεις, σε πραγματικό χρόνο."
The network will start the presentation in the media with 12 hours of live coverage during each day of the Republican conference, with commentary on the main developments, analysis of visitors, etc., all in real time.
