Antiik and BiitTorrent announced the fiirst BiitTorrent Certiifiied set-top box
Provider of IPTV solution Antik Technology with BitTorrent prepared the first set-top box with
BitTorrrent protocol whichl allows people to find, play and move large personal files online on TV.
December 11.01.2012 – Antik Technology, Slovakia-based manufacturer of IPTV devices, and
BitTorrent, a leader in peer-based computing and innovator of the BitTorrent protocol announced the
first BitTorrent certified set-top box in Antik´s product line Juice. It is able to dowlnload torrents, share
and play files directly on the TV. BitTorrent Certified devices allows that users can leverage the speed
of BitTorrent protocol and downloading, transcoding and file-shifting features are more effective and
easier.
“Thanks our partnership with BitTorrent we made the first set-top box with BitTorrent protocol
on the world as the answer on demand of customers who record hi-def memories with their
smartphones, digital SLRs and HD camcorders. This BitTorrent Certified set-top box will help
them to find, play and also share all types of media files from PC into the living room. People
will have an access to a unique ecosystem that guarantees they can play any content with our
set-top boxes Juice on TV,” said Igor Kolla, Antik Technology CEO.
Certified consumer device – Antik´s set-top box allows seamlessly play content via BitTorrent protocol.
It is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol used for distributing large amounts of data over the Internet as
video, audio and PC programs. Today BitTorrent ecosystem is an integrated solution of devices,
software and content which has more than 100 million active PC users who use certified TVs, DVD
players, NAS devices and others. Numbers of individuals and organizations in this technology
ecosystem are still growing.
About Antik Technology
ANTIK Technology is a Slovak company dedicated to a long-term development, production and distribution of hardware devices
for telecommunication industry. The company is a producer of professional encoders/transcoders, IPTV Server SW, IPTV settop
boxes and IPTV head-end, such as stream servers, network PVR, VOD and time-zone shifting. These devices are used by
telecommunication operators in several countries worldwide. More information at www.antiktech.com
Media Contact:
Antik Technology
Igor Kolla
pr@antik.sk
+421 948 228 122
