BitTorrent Now is a new application launched by the famous BitTorrent company for iPhone, iPad or Apple TV, it will allow users to stream video and audio directly in Apple's own products using the internet connection they have available.
Although BitTorrent is normally associated with content piracy and downloading it from various websites that make it available to us, BitTorrent Now is an application thought differently because it only allows you to stream legal content, made available to users by to the creators.
Through the BitTorrent Now application, users will be able to discover music and movies that were created by little-known producers, this content being offered directly in the application for all types of devices mentioned previously, streaming can be done legally by users.
BitTorrent Now will offer the possibility to view or listen to not only free content, but also paid content, so all those who used the BitTorrent application to download any kind of pirated content will be surprised to find out that they have to pay for certain content offered by the new application.
This is BitTorrent Now: a platform that's powered by awesome people like you. This is the last record store; live from your TV, from your phone, from San Francisco, to Moscow, to Sao Paulo. And this is distribution built by and for creators; the Internet's original, and outside, voices.
BitTorrent Now is going to include a system called bundle that will ask users to register in the system and attach a credit card to the account if they want to see certain content available on the platform, so it remains to be seen how popular this will be system.
To begin with, the BitTorrent Now application will not use any P2P system to facilitate the transfer of files to users, as happens with torrent-type applications, all data being transmitted directly from BitTorrent's servers, things will change accordingly what system evolves.
The main benefit of BitTorrent Now for content creators, compared to other systems on the market, lies in the fact that it has no restrictions and creators can publish absolutely anything they want, so there is a chance that certain creations may not be so suitable for certain people, but everything depends on the creators.
The BitTorrent Now application is going to be launched in the next period in the App Store and Google Play, so everyone will have to wait a little longer.
