BitTorrent will be releasing TV shows

BitTorrent Inc. has long wanted to distribute legal content. A specially created platform BitTorrent Bundle based on existing software. The company has long offered film studios to distribute licensed films through the interface of torrent clients, but did not wait for an answer. Well, now she will release her own television series.

BitTorrent Inc. entered into an exclusive agreement with Rapid Eye Studios for shooting and distributing original video content as part of the BitTorrent Originals program.

Since torrents are mainly used by male geeks, they (we) will be offered appropriate content. Not some soap operas, but solid science fiction.
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The first will be the series " Children of the machine ", which was announced last year (teaser under the cut).

Filming will begin in the spring of 2015.

It was originally planned that the series will be distributed on a paid basis. Only the pilot version would be shown for free. But when advertisers noticed the project, the business model was revised, so BitTorrent and Rapid Eye Studios decided to release it for free.

Producers count on the audience of each series of 60-80 million people and pay attention to the "most attractive" youth demographics of the audience.

"Children of the car" will go on the air in the IV quarter. 2015 The first season consists of eight 60-minute episodes and will be accompanied by advertising.

Fans for $ 9.95 can buy a version without ads. For this money, they will receive all kinds of "buns" such as the soundtrack, filming "behind the scenes" and other video materials that were not included in the main version. After 30-60 days, the series will go to cable networks if one of the providers expresses interest. Up to this point, it will be exclusively on the Internet.

The series tells about the life of adolescents on Earth after a major technological revolution in the near future.