IPTV will be harder hit than any other pay-TV industry by free online content. But the game isn’t over yet.
David Cotriss
P2P (peer-to-peer) file sharing has always been synonymous with online audio and video distribution, and the BitTorrent protocol has played a major role in this movement. BitTorrent is known for its ability to help distribute files among a large number of users with a reduced burden on the original source. According to Richard Broughton, an analyst at Screen Digest, as much as 70 to 80 percent of online traffic in the Western world is from P2P sources, and 60 percent or more is through BitTorrent.
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
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