12:02:11

Hollywood gives blessing to BitTorrent store

BitTorrent is using its software to launch a download site - called the BitTorrent Entertainment Network - that will distribute more than 5,000 titles from digital movies, TV shows, games and other media.

In the battle for the nascent online video market, BitTorrent could be a competitor, thanks to its existing reputation for speedy file distribution.

It also has an established user base it says numbers 135 million - which could immediately pit it against some of the sector's heavyweights, including Brightcove, Joost (a new P2P service started by the founders of Kazaa and Skype) and YouTube. Joost recently partnered with some big entertainment companies, such as Viacom.

Despite the reputation of BitTorrent's software for helping people illegally share millions of unauthorised video files, company managers have convinced studios such as 20th Century Fox, Lions Gate and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios that the company comes to Hollywood with a laurel branch in its hands.

10:27:15

Hot jazz to be served up at New Bedford High on Sunday

The students will be performing favorites such as "That Old Black Magic" and "Lullaby at Bird Land." Christine Eubinks will be a featured soloist in the choir.

After their performance, the students and audience will have the pleasure of seeing a college-level jazz group perform. "I'm excited to have them come down here and have the kids at the high school see the quality of a collegiate band," says Mr. Campoli of Boston College's BC bOp! The group operates under the direction of Sebastian Bonaiuto, who has led some of Boston College's most esteemed music groups, including the marching band, which was featured in the 1995 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

What makes BC bOp! stand out is their unique arrangement of ensemble musicians and jazz vocalists who perform side by side during the show.