Comments on: BitTorrent Is Now Streaming Movies (With Ads). But Where’s The Good Stuff? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/ Startup and Technology News Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:02:42 -0800 hourly 1 By: Solving YouTube’s Profit Problem Without Creating HuluTube http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-2759545 Solving YouTube’s Profit Problem Without Creating HuluTube Thu, 21 May 2009 14:34:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/#comment-2759545 [...] http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good... [...] [...] http://www.tech...wheres-the-good... [...]

]]> By: Erick Schonfeld http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-1853296 Erick Schonfeld Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:48:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/#comment-1853296 Like I said in the post, this is intended more as a technology demo than as a full-fledged consumer service. @Sascha, good catch. I didn't even see that. Like I said in the post, this is intended more as a technology demo than as a full-fledged consumer service.

@Sascha, good catch. I didn’t even see that.

]]> By: AnonBosch http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-1852514 AnonBosch Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:33:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/#comment-1852514 The movie selections are worse than bad. They are off-putting. What the heck kind of serious audience does BitTorrent expect to attract? The featured movie in their free movie section is a slasher movie advertised by this bloody-mouthed, yellow-skinned model. This is proof that engineers really can't do marketing. The movie selections are worse than bad. They are off-putting. What the heck kind of serious audience does BitTorrent expect to attract? The featured movie in their free movie section is a slasher movie advertised by this bloody-mouthed, yellow-skinned model. This is proof that engineers really can’t do marketing.

]]> By: Small Business Marketing http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-1851529 Small Business Marketing Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:45:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/#comment-1851529 If they were to release real movies, for free, with ads I wonder what that will do to the Cinema industry? If they were to release real movies, for free, with ads I wonder what that will do to the Cinema industry?

]]> By: Steve Macdonald http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-1851407 Steve Macdonald Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:26:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/#comment-1851407 "Watch Now service currently available to U.S. visitors only" Companies that start off stuck on stupid rarely succeed. Arbitraily slicing off a market the size of California (i.e., Canada) shows incredibly poor business acumen. Pass. “Watch Now service currently available to U.S. visitors only”

Companies that start off stuck on stupid rarely succeed. Arbitraily slicing off a market the size of California (i.e., Canada) shows incredibly poor business acumen.

Pass.

]]> By: Randy http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-1851145 Randy Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:53:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/#comment-1851145 "The Good Stuff" in on the real bittorrent P2P network, not "www.bittorrent.com". Download and enjoy. “The Good Stuff” in on the real bittorrent P2P network, not “www.bittorrent.com”.

Download and enjoy.

]]> By: CAR http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-1851064 CAR Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:46:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/#comment-1851064 Cool idea, but nothing in there, no movies. i like joox.net which i can't believe is still around, so many movies it shoulda been taken down a long time ago, and its dvd quality. Cool idea, but nothing in there, no movies. i like joox.net which i can’t believe is still around, so many movies it shoulda been taken down a long time ago, and its dvd quality.

]]> By: gajolo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-1850946 gajolo Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:47:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/#comment-1850946 So, I wonder if it would be possible to create a protocol that would allow bittorrrent to serve up regular web pages p2p style, just by requesting a web page... Of course, a browser would have to be developed, blah blah blah. Is that even possible? I can't wait until they get a larger selection of movies. Imagen a world where they could release a movie online, for free, with advertisements. So, I wonder if it would be possible to create a protocol that would allow bittorrrent to serve up regular web pages p2p style, just by requesting a web page… Of course, a browser would have to be developed, blah blah blah.
Is that even possible?

I can’t wait until they get a larger selection of movies. Imagen a world where they could release a movie online, for free, with advertisements.

]]> By: Planet Malaysia http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-1850784 Planet Malaysia Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:51:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/#comment-1850784 I think it came with ads is fare enough! I think it came with ads is fare enough!

]]> By: Sascha http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-1850548 Sascha Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:02:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/#comment-1850548 "No fast-forward or rewind." This is not (completely) correct. There is a slider that appears when hovering over the thin progress bar that shows how much of the movie has been buffered/downloaded already. This slider can be used to jump to any position in the (buffered) movie. When the movie is at the very beginning, the slider looks like a little right arrow at the right side just above the play button because the left arrow part of the slider is outside the visible range. So you can basically do anything you can do in any YouTube or similar embedded video. Pretty neat! Now where is the HD content? :-) “No fast-forward or rewind.”

This is not (completely) correct. There is a slider that appears when hovering over the thin progress bar that shows how much of the movie has been buffered/downloaded already. This slider can be used to jump to any position in the (buffered) movie. When the movie is at the very beginning, the slider looks like a little right arrow at the right side just above the play button because the left arrow part of the slider is outside the visible range.

So you can basically do anything you can do in any YouTube or similar embedded video. Pretty neat! Now where is the HD content? :-)

]]> By: Tarun Dua http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-1850510 Tarun Dua Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:37:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/#comment-1850510 Yet another watch from US only site. I wonder if any of you guys heard about a company called <a href="http://www.moserbaerhomevideo.com/" rel="nofollow">Moser Baer</a>. After painfully downloading from a pathetic selection(available for India) from <a href="http://jaman.com" rel="nofollow">Jaman</a>, I happened to find these moserbaer movies for about 80 cents at a neighborhood grocer, 5 minutes walk from my house, they don't have absolutely latest stuff but for someone like me who doesn't watch movies often, there were definitely a few very recent movies amongst the selection. If bollywood gets it a bit more (understatement) than hollywood then 'moserbaerization' is one luddite answer it can have against the new media. Yet another watch from US only site. I wonder if any of you guys heard about a company called Moser Baer. After painfully downloading from a pathetic selection(available for India) from Jaman, I happened to find these moserbaer movies for about 80 cents at a neighborhood grocer, 5 minutes walk from my house, they don’t have absolutely latest stuff but for someone like me who doesn’t watch movies often, there were definitely a few very recent movies amongst the selection. If bollywood gets it a bit more (understatement) than hollywood then ‘moserbaerization’ is one luddite answer it can have against the new media.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-1850333 Ryan Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:59:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/#comment-1850333 Awesome another site to enjoy content on my 42" LCD...thanks Awesome another site to enjoy content on my 42″ LCD…thanks

]]> By: Thilo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-1850303 Thilo Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:41:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bittorrent-is-now-streaming-movies-with-ads-but-wheres-the-good-stuff/#comment-1850303 Let's hope they will add some more movies. Let’s hope they will add some more movies.

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