Faraway from sneaking in to the lounge, Vestel had a BitTorrent Certified television on display at IFA 2011 this past week. That official stamp means it packs the standard suite of connected TV features including playing local media around the network, and it’s bound to work with BitTorrent approved files from the web. There is not any word on any official release for this prototype — and we have not been ready to locate anyone who got a hands-on demo, tell us whenever you saw it — nonetheless it definitely shows how BitTorrent is attempting to expand its platform in a way just like DivX and XBMC / Boxee . Investigate cross-check the clicking release after the break, we’ll be sitting back and watching some totally legal content we just torrented.
Vestel and BitTorrent partner to point out the world’s first BitTorrent Certified Digital Television at IFA Berlin
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and BERLIN, Germany (Sept. 1, 2011) -Vestel, one of the crucial world’s leading DTV manufacturers, and BitTorrent, Inc., a globally recognized creator of software products and technology protocols that help people find, share and move digital media, today announced plans to showcase the world’s first BitTorrent Certified Digital TV on the IFA show in Berlin. Vestel’s new BitTorrent Certified TV will enable consumers find, play and share every kind of private media, independently produced content and internet files directly on their TV.
The 2 companies will jointly demo a prototype at IFA starting today at Hall 8.2.
“Consumers want every kind of private media and Internet content of their living rooms and the television remains essentially the mostsome of the most desired device for consuming this digital media, irrespective of source,” said Hakan Kutlu, deputy general manager liable for marketing at Vestel. “BitTorrent certification helps our TV line meet this consumer demand and ensures that Vestel products remain on the forefront of technology innovation and adoption.”
“The realm of digital media has become unnecessarily complex and leads to an increasingly fragmented consumer experience,” said Shahi Ghanem, chief strategist at BitTorrent. “People want access to their entire content library – personal media, Internet files, and artist approved content – notwithstanding source, media type, or file format. Vestel understands this consumer demand and may use BitTorrent certification to assist make sure that users in their TV products may have access to a robust, open ecosystem that guarantees consumers can play any content on any Vestel TV that may be BitTorrent Certified. We’re exceptionally pleased to be working with Vestel and wait for an extended and beneficial partnership with the corporate.
The BitTorrent ecosystem is an integrated solution of software, devices and content, all orchestrated to go 100+ million PC users into the lounge via certified TVs, Blue-ray/DVD players, media extenders, NAS devices and more.
By becoming BitTorrent Certified, consumer electronics makers can leverage the velocity of the BitTorrent protocol and key downloading, transcoding, sharing and file-shifting features to make it easy for his or her customers to search out, get and play all files on any certified devices.
The BitTorrent certification program and brand assures consumers that any content will playback. Certified consumer electronics devices (TVs, DVD/BD players, media adapters, etc.) will seamlessly play content via BitTorrent. Device manufacturers also empower consumers to stream content from their BitTorrent libraries, all from a 4-button TV, DVD/BD Player or media adapter remote. Essentially the most advanced BitTorrent solution enables consumers to download photos, video, and audio on to devices.
Showcasing its most enjoyable application, BitTorrent’s new personal media sharing service will allow consumers to send home videos, audio and photos directly into TVs, DVD/BD players and media adapters. By featuring a private sharing application, BitTorrent helps consumer electronics manufacturers and consumers privately and securely share home movies and private videos and watch/take heed to everything on certified devices.
To determine the prototype demo at IFA, please RSVP to ifa@bittorrent.com.
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About Vestel
Vestel is an enormous player inside the consumer electronics and household appliances with renowned products including television sets, B2B displays, digital set-top-boxes, and white goods. Groups are made out of 25 companies operating in manufacturing, technology development, marketing, and distribution fields with € 3.7 billion turnover. The corporate is recognized for its innovative designs, impressive product quality, big production capacity and superior market share growth.
About BitTorrent
BitTorrent creates advanced, innovative technologies to efficiently move large files around the Internet. The company’s two main products today include the unique BitTorrent software and the tiny-but-mighty µTorrent, which combined boast over 100+ million users. BitTorrent is predicated in San Francisco, Calif. Additional information is offered at http://www.bittorrent.com.
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