The
company
behind the world famous file-sharing client BitTorrent is all set for
the birth of their news network titled as BitTorrent News. Streamed on
BitTorrent Live, the network will commence its operations at the
Republican Party Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, on
July 18.
itTorrent Inc. will be
launching BitTorrent News–a homegrown news network by the company–on
July 18. They already have a dedicated music streaming service
BitTorrent Now and the company is a long time P2P file sharing veteran
with its own TV production studio.
The July launch of the BitTorrent News network is kept in
line with the US elections. July 18 is the commencement date for the
Republican National Convention where Bittorrent News will begin its live
reporting service. So, we’ll have to see
more of Donald Trump on the internet then.
Taking
a different road than the traditional news channels, the 24-hour airing
schedule will not be adopted during the initial days. In fact,
no word has been mentioned where the network would go round the clock.
BitTorrent has planned for around 12 hours of all-internet-streamed live
content which would include “play-by-play commentary” of the
convention.
In the post-convention days, the BitTorrent
news would cover other as areas “including the worlds of action and alternative sports”.
Harrison
Bohrman, a former CNN producer, is the news director for the network
since June after working for three months at VICE media. Appointing
Harrison as the lead puts Bittorrent
News in a one-on-one with CNN, a rather much talked about name in the
news reporting industry.
“Television news has been stagnating for some time,” says Erik
Schwartz who is the VP of Media at BitTorrent Inc. “It’s
having trouble appealing to a generation that grew up online. We’re
building BitTorrent News to solve that problem. We are using superior
data and tools and the Silicon Valley ethos of lean startup to build a
nimble news organization that will learn
quickly from user behavior.”
With their news portal on the internet, BitTorrent commits
have an independent voice. We hope they part themselves being a mere
news monetizing platform, just as it happens elsewhere.
It’s primely aimed as a live-streaming channel for Apple TV and OS X which
can be viewed using the BitTorrent Live app available for both the platforms. Other platforms will also be provided sooner.
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