BitTorrent Deals With Studios To Offer Video Online

BitTorrent has made deals with Paramount, MTV Networks, 20th Century Fox, and smaller studios to permit its users to purchase or rent movies and buy TV shows when the new video service begins in February 2007.

The company signed a similar agreement with Warner Brothers earlier this year. Initially, customers will be able to play the video downloads only on their computers, but the company plans to support downloads to portable devices in the future.

San Jose Mercury News, 29 November 2006