BitTorrent (company)
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| Type | Private company |
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| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Key people | Eric Klinker, CEO Bram Cohen |
| Industry | Internet Software & Services |
| Products | Consumer Freeware Content Delivery Embedded Software |
| Employees | 20 (2009) |
| Website | www.bittorrent.com |
BitTorrent, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, is an American company that develops peer-assisted Internet content delivery technology based on the BitTorrent protocol. The company was founded on September 22, 2004 by Bram Cohen and Ashwin Navin. BitTorrent, Inc. also maintains the BitTorrent protocol.
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[edit] Business model
The company offers popular consumer freeware (the BitTorrent client). The company also licenses its technology, called BitTorrent DNA (Delivery Network Accelerator),[1] to websites "to add the speed and efficiency of patented BitTorrent technology to their current content delivery infrastructure, significantly reducing bandwidth costs while increasing capacity over standard d source BitTorrent client by BitTorrent, Inc.
[edit] References
- ^ BitTorrent DNA
- ^ BitTorrent » Company
- ^ BitTorrent » Partners
- ^ BitTorrent » pressreleases
- ^ http://www.bittorrent.com/partners/twentieth-century-fox[dead link]
- ^ http://www.bittorrent.com/partners/comedy-central[dead link]
- ^ http://www.bittorrent.com/partners/lionsgate[dead link]
- ^ http://www.bittorrent.com/partners/mtv[dead link]
- ^ http://www.bittorrent.com/partners/paramount[dead link]
- ^ http://www.bittorrent.com/partners/spike[dead link]
- ^ http://www.bittorrent.com/partners/warner-bros[dead link]
- ^ a b c BitTorrent Device Partners
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