Looks like BitTorrent is doing its best to amend its image as an enabler of massive piracy!

The popular torrent website BitTorren is set to start making its own original content by teaming up with Rapid Eye Studios. The company said that BitTorrent has partnered up with Rapid Eye Studio in order to "identify, produce, and distribute original video" aimed at young adults."





Under an exclusive agreement with Rapid Eye Studios, the San Francisco-based company will produce the first-run video content to debut across the global BitTorrent Bundle platform for a window of 30-60 days.

BitTorrent chief executive Eric Klinker said that the landmark deal was a "major milestone for us and an aggressive expansion into the media space."

BitTorrent was founded in 2004 and boasts 170 million users. The famous torrent sharing site is seen as an important player in the peer-to-peer sharing industry on the internet. BitTorrent is an integral piracy tool that enables consumers to gain access to copyrighted content.

Its move to expand into the world of original content is an effort by the company to become a serious player in the media space, harnessing its strong user base as a platform.

BitTorrent chief content officer Matt Mason said, "Others in the original content space such as Amazon Prime, Netflix and Hulu have made great progress."

Mason added, "But, we are starting out with a big advantage: We have a larger audience than all of those platforms combined."





The first project from BitTorrent and Rapid Eye, a sci-fi series called "Children of the Machine" was announced in 2014. The first season of the show is slated to launch late this year with ad supported episodes of 60 minutes each available for viewing for free.

According to CourierMail.com, a premium ad-free version of the series with added content will be priced at $US9.95.