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Internet High Five To Tess Beighton, The Winning Alex Day Remixer

by BitTorrent on May 16, 2013 in Contest with No comments

Last month, Youtube hero and DIY artist Alex Day kicked off a collaboration project with BitTorrent fans. He posted stems from his Epigrams and Interludes tracks to SoShare. You guys picked them up, and made them yours. Awesome. This playlist has pretty much become our favorite thing on the Internet. (We’re probably not alone – these videos have been watched over 31 thousand times.)

The winning track, as decided by Alex: Tess Beighton’s remix of Forever Yours. It adds edge and originality; it comes from the same feeling and place as the original. It’s pretty epic, and we’re reminded again how amazing songs can sound in the hands of fans. On behalf of BitTorrent: congrats! You can find more from Tess here.

Epic Meal Time Winners

by BitTorrent on March 21, 2013 in Contest with No comments

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A few weeks ago, we asked BitTorrent fans to submit photos of their most awesome foodthings, to support our friends at Epic Meal Time. The results were amazing/terrifying. Bacon everywhere. Burritos bigger than children. Like pretty sure someone submitted a human heart. Photographic evidence lives here forever, on our Facebook page. Help us congratulate the five winners, won’t you?

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Eat Like A Boss. Win A Free T-Shirt.

by BitTorrent on February 28, 2013 in Contest with No comments

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Have you downloaded the Epic Meal Time BitTorrent Bundle? Good. You should now know how we roll. Yep. That’s an egg and cheese. We use the donuts as bread. Think you can out-eat us, out-gross us, or out-bacon us? Game on.

Take a picture of your most epic meal between now and March 7th.

Send it to socialmedia@bittorrent.com with your name and contact information (email or telephone).

The top five most epic meal photos and photographers will win a t-shirt and cookbook from our friends at Epic Meal Time.

We’ll also give winning meals props on our Facebook page/blog. Need some inspiration? Look no further. Here’s a free episode (and more) from Epic Meal Time. Catch the whole series on YouTube. Read on for swag and contest rules.

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2 Random ReTweets + 1 ReGeek Wins a Plus Subscription

by kara3murphy on June 29, 2012 in Contest with 1 Comment

Because it’s Friday, we thought we’d do something fun. A one-year Plus subscription for BitTorrent, or our tiny-but-mighty µTorrent client, usually costs $24.95. Today, and over the weekend, you can test your luck in the Twitterverse and get it for free, not to mention fairly easily.

All you have to do is ReTweet the following update:

https://twitter.com/BitTorrent/status/218799052815474688

If you prefer µTorrent:

https://twitter.com/utorrent/status/218799757227855872

Finally, if you’re not a member of Geekli.st (ProTip: it might be a good place to find a developer for your company) yet, you’re missing out. Join, if you haven’t already, and regeek our giveaway. One of you will win a BT Plus, one of you will win µT Plus. Here is the invite code to join, if you haven’t yet.

Why Upgrade to Plus? Here’s a few reasons:

1) You can set up a remote account and access your torrent library anytime, from anywhere, and from any device that has a supported browser.

2) Since Plus supports most popular file formats, you can view your HD content as it was meant to be: in high-definition. That’s like having an HDTV on your computer (plus, it’s much less expensive).

3) Move files from your torrent library and play them on popular devices including iPads, smart phones – even your own television.*

4) Protect your PC and torrent library from viruses. Not all files are safe. With Plus, your torrent content is scanned, keeping your downloads safer from viruses, malware and other threats.

*- Television playback when combined with Apple TV, Xbox, or PS3.

Everything else you need to know about BitTorrent Plus can be found here.

For µTorrent Plus info, visit this page.

Any other questions? Please read the contest rules for BitTorrent here or, if you prefer to win a µTorrent Plus subscription, read up here.


Win a BitTorrent Plus Subscription

by kara3murphy on April 25, 2012 in Contest with 1 Comment

The only thing better than BitTorrent is more BitTorrent, which is why we created BitTorrent Plus. Because we appreciate you, our loyal, dedicated fans, we decided to give away five BitTorrent Plus subscriptions (a $24.95 value each), good for one year, as our way of saying “thank you” for supporting our technology for more than a decade.

To enter for a chance to win a year’s subscription to the finest torrent client around, all you have to do is show your support for BitTorrent somewhere on the Web (see below for details, subject to our contest rules here). You can get up to 4 entries (1 for each task you complete) and winners will be chosen at random from the eligible entries as of 5:00 pm, PST on May 1, 2012. So, the more of a social demon you are, the better your odds. Ready?

1) Follow us on Twitter and tweet out the following: I want to win a @BitTorrent Plus account: http://bit.ly/WINBTPLUS

2) Like us on Facebook. If you already like our page, simply post a comment.

3) Follow us on Pinterest.

4) Finally, we just got an Instagram account. Make sure to follow us there. Username: bittorrent

Winners will be contacted on Friday, May 4th. Good luck!

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BT Live Update: NAMM Archive, Guitar Winner, and Biomimicrant & VJ Kai this Friday

by BitTorrent on January 26, 2012 in Contest with No comments

Did you catch the show? This past weekend BitTorrent partnered with Dean Guitars and the National Association for Music Merchants (NAMM) to stream live from the NAMM Jam concert and NAMM conference in Anaheim California. The event was incredible! If you didn’t see it, catch up with the archived stream here.

With the help of our partner Dean Guitars, BitTorrent Live testers had the opportunity see heavy metal legends Testament and Jackyl, plus the chance to win a Dave Mustaine VMNT Fear Signature Dean Guitar.

We’re excited to announce that Kathy N. of Phoenix, Arizona is our contest winner. She writes, “I am so beyond excited for winning this guitar contest!  I want to thank everyone at BitTorrent and Dean Guitars for the chance to win this guitar. I am surprised that I can even type right now I’m bouncing around my living room and I am headed for Facebook, Twitter and my cell to let everyone know the great news!”

A big congrats to Kathy from all of us here at BitTorrent. We love to be able to give back to our fans that continually help us test and improve our technology.

The BitTorrent Live tests have been building a solid audience every Friday, so it was a nice change to be able to host a live Web cast on the road, introduce ourselves to more fans and be a part of such an incredible concert. Thank you to Dean Guitars for the support.

This Friday (January 27th) we are back up in San Francisco for our weekly live Web cast in the BitTorrent Live Studio. You can tune in and be part of the live session featuring Biomimicrant & VJ Kai by going to http://live.bittorrent.com at 8:00 PM PT (4:00 GMT).

And as always, check out more info and stay up to date on our weekly live sessions as well as special events at our Live Studio page on Facebook.

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Live Streaming from NAMM Jam with Dean Guitars! (Win a free guitar too)

by BitTorrent on January 18, 2012 in Contest, Other with 15 Comments

This weekend is the legendary NAMM Jam concert event, and guess what? We’ve partnered with the iconic Dean Guitars to live stream the entire concert straight to you! Tune in and check out Testament, Jackyl and other metal favorites as they rock The Grove of Anaheim.

To celebrate, we’re giving away a free Dean guitar during the concert. Fans can enter the contest here and can watch the live stream to see if they have won.

Plus, we will stream live from the Dean Guitar’s booth at NAMM (Booth 5466B) on Saturday and Sunday, also at live.bittorrent.com/deanguitars. There will be autograph signings and other surprises…you can watch all the fun from anywhere in the world.

“Live streaming continues to be a challenge for musicians to do at scale over the Internet and it can be a very expensive undertaking at a business and tradeshow level. BitTorrent is building a solution not only for massive events, but to make live streaming available and accessible to anyone,” said Curse Mackey, Director of Marketing at Dean Guitars. “Dean Guitars has always pushed to stay ahead of the curve and we’re excited to help BitTorrent break new ground for the good of musicians around the world.”

“Dean Guitars are legendary and the NAMM Jam is an iconic event,” said Bram Cohen, BitTorrent’s founder. “While the live protocol is still in the testing phases, it’s proving to be incredibly stable. We need to push the limits and see what happens when large numbers of people join a live swarm. If anyone can do it, it’s metal fans. Jump on and see if you can’t help us break it.”

Live Streaming Schedule:

  • Friday, January 20 (6:45 p.m. – midnight) – NAMM Jam live from The Grove of Anaheim
    • Featuring: Testament, Jackyl, Vinnie Moore, Wayne Static, and more.
  • Saturday, January 21st (10 a.m. – 6 p.m.) – Live webcast from the Dean Guitars booth
    • Artist signings, interviews, demos, and more.
  • Sunday, January 22nd (10 a.m. – 5 p.m.) – Live webcast from the Dean Guitars booth
    • Artist signings, interviews, demos, and more.

This effort is part of BitTorrent’s ongoing scalability testing of the company’s upcoming live peer-to-peer streaming protocol invented by Cohen, our founder and chief scientist. The newly architected protocol promises to solve fundamental challenges of live streaming media over the Internet by eliminating the need for expensive server infrastructure and dramatically reducing latency (or delays).

“Dean Guitars are legendary and the NAMM Jam is an iconic event,” said Cohen. “While the live protocol is still in the testing phases, it’s proving to be incredibly stable. We need to push the limits and see what happens when large numbers of people join a live swarm. If anyone can do it, it’s metal fans. Jump on and see if you can’t help us break it.”

Our live streaming protocol delivers Internet media by distributing the workload amongst peers viewing the stream. Because the peer-based architecture takes advantage of the computing, storage and network resources of each person, the more people who join a stream the better it performs. We’re currently testing the protocol every Friday night at 8 p.m. with live DJs from the company’s headquarters in San Francisco at live.bittorrent.com. Check it out, and don’t forget to tune into the NAMM Jam and the Dean Guitars booth over the weekend!