BitTorrent, Inc. has entered into an exclusive partnership with Rapid Eye Studios to identify, produce, and distribute original video content for the BitTorrent Bundle platform, to be known as BitTorrent Originals. BitTorrent Originals represent first-run video content debuting exclusively across the global Bundle platform for 30 to 60 days. After the BitTorrent exclusive window, each…
The comedian/writer/director talks to us about selling your film, without selling out. In 2013, David Cross finished work on HITS, a dark comedy about fame and delusion in the Internet age. Katelyn (Meredith Hagner) is fixed on winning a role on The Voice. Dave (Matt Walsh) is fixated on outing government conspiracies. Brooklyn is determined…
BitTorrent to launch first paygated documentary series, featuring a catalog of 16 acclaimed films from leading independent distributor FilmBuff. In September, we launched Bundle paygates with Thom Yorke. Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes was downloaded by 4.4 million fans around the world. In November, we opened up paygate applications to all artists. And on February 3, we’ll…
The German video game house brings its free-to-play FPS to Bundles For more than a decade, Crytek has built a solid reputation for bringing action-packed battles to gamers in a sleek, high-definition package. Starting with the original Far Cry and continuing through the Crysis series and Ryse, Son of Rome, Crytek’s signature graphics engine, the…
Fans set the price of the first BitTorrent feature film release. HITS, written and directed by David Cross, debuted at Sundance Film Festival in January 2014: a dark comedy about fame and delusion in The United States of YouTube, a true story that hasn’t happened yet. (But, pretty much inevitably, will.) Katelyn (Meredith Hagner) is…