Also cool they are promoting UGC subtitles. I wonder if mashups would be treated the same way, perhaps if uploaded to YouTube, they might receive the same recognition and a link on their site. Could be a pretty nice way to drive content.
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Ian Forrester <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting stuff - > http://nrkbeta.no/norwegian-broadcasting-corporation-sets-up-its-own-bittorrent-tracker/ > > I also found it interesting that they used RSS+BitTorrent to download the > whole lot in one go. > > Ian Forrester > > This e-mail is: [x] private; [] ask first; [] bloggable > > Senior Producer, BBC Backstage > Room 1044, BBC Manchester BH, Oxford Road, M60 1SJ > email: [email protected] > work: +44 (0)1612444063 > mob: +44 (0)7711913293 > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Fearghas McKay > Sent: 09 March 2009 09:06 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [backstage] Norwegian National Broadcaster using OpenTracker Torrent > Server to distribute DRM free HDTV > > http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/08/norways-public-broad-1.html > > Norway's public broadcaster sets up its own torrent tracker using same code > as The Pirate Bay POSTED BY CORY DOCTOROW, MARCH 8, 2009 2:27 PM | PERMALINK > > Eirikso from NRK, the Norwegian public broadcast, writes to tell us that > they've set up their own BitTorrent tracker, adding, "The tracker is based on > the same OpenTracker software that the Pirate Bay has been using for the last > couple of years. By using BitTorrent we can reach our audience with full > quality, unencrypted media files. Experience from our early tests show that > if we're the best provider of our own content we also gain control of it." > The first show we’re putting on our new tracker is a very popular television > series about people living in remote places in Norway. It features > fascinating people and spectacular scenery. We have provided all the > Norwegian subtitle files and if people want to fansub any of the episodes > we’re more than happy to let you do that. Please let us know in the comments > and we’ll link to your translations. > We are providing full quality video files with no DRM. The biggest problem > regarding this project is to clear all the rights we need to be able to > distribute content in such an open system. NRK is a big content producer, but > record labels, actors, external production companies and format rights owners > usually have contracts that prevent us from distributing our content freely > in the internet. We are in constant negotiations over these issues. And it > seems like it should be possible to find a solution where NRK gets the rights > it needs and the rights holders get the compensation they want. > > In addition to this we look into new providers. Pump Audio, Magnatune and > other companies with easier licensing systems are interesting sources. > > The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation is promoting the free and opensource > Miro software as their preferred BitTorrent client. It is user friendly and > contains everything you need to both download and play the high quality video > files. > > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
