BitTorrent connecting to smart TVs

November 19, 2012: BitTorrent has reached deals with 20 CE manufacturers, bringing both legal and pirated content into the living room.

Speaking to Multichannel News, BitTorrent CEO Eric Klinker confirmed that the company’s deals are for TV models that will launch, as early as this holiday season, in Europe and Asia. “You may not see them as much in the US,” he said.

Among the 20 companies, Vestel is most likely one of the partners. At this year’s IFA in Berlin, Vestel was showing its first BitTorrent prototype.

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