Norwegian Movie Theater Streams Film Using BitTorrrent

Researchers have managed to stream a full 2K resolution film using BitTorrent in Norwegian Movie Theater last week at 19mbps. The researchers had selected the Tribler BitTorrent client to the the job. Of course, this was all done legally. The film, “Carved”, by Jonal Rejman was streamed over to the big screen via a fabricated BitTorrent swarm. In other words, the torrent was not publicly available, and all seeds came internally. That is what allowed the lab to transfer at the super high speeds.

BitTorrent could potentially be the new front in the movie industry, despite being perhaps the biggest enemy currently. Most indie filmmakers rarely get their titles in theaters, most of that attributing to the costs involved. Believe it or not, most hard disks which movies are stored on (and delivered to theaters on) cost upwards of $2000 per unit. The use of BitTorrent can change that by just streaming the films over high-capacity fiber-optic circuits from a central database.

Here’s a video of the film beign streamed in the theater:

Far North Living Launch BitTorrent stunt from Njaal Borch on Vimeo.

[ source: Torrent Freak ]