Myka, which recently began shipping an IPTV set-top box (STB), is offering a $100 discount to entice developers to roll up their sleeves and contribute to its device’s open-source, Linux-based software stack.
Myka positions its eponymously-named “Myka STB” as a BitTorrent client for televisions, and has coined the term “TorrentTV” to characterize this capability.
“The more popular a large video file [is], the faster it can be transferred with BitTorrent,” notes Myka. “The result is quick, easy-to-use, high-quality, video downloads from major studios and content providers without tying up you computer for hours.”
In addition to BitTorrent downloads, the Myka STB will, over time, feature a growing variety of content and download services, “all seamlessly directed right into the TV in your living room without the need for consumers to monkey around with compatibility issues,” Myka says.
Future Internet-based content sources seem likely to include YouTube, Hulu, and various television networks’ streamed video, plus Internet radio aggregation services such as Shoutcast.
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