BitTorrent has a tender open for the testing of the BitTorrent Live protocol. The company focuses mainly on broadcasters. According to BitTorrent makes his Live-protocol, it is possible to become a low cost hd video to large groups of viewers to stream.
BitTorrent introduced in september 2011, the Live protocol. The p2p-technology is based on udp, the network protocol where BitTorrents client µTorrent used, and the bittorrentprotocol. Videos via BitTorrent Live hd-quality streaming, where the h.264 video codec and the aac audio codec to be applied. Until now limited BitTorrent the tests using the Live protocol to the available set of music videos and could broadcasters, the technology is still not self-testing, but the company currently has a tender open for broadcasters and other parties that have videos in high quality stream.
According to BitTorrent can contentaanbieders via the Live protocol for low-cost videos to distribute to a large audience, because the generated traffic is limited due to the p2p structure. The company wants the technology to integrate by clients to develop televisions that are equipped with smart tv technology. For this, BitTorrent entered into agreements with a number of manufacturers. Until now, however, only deal with companies Vestel made public.