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    <periodOfReport>2008-03-05</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000818813</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BITSTREAM INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BITS</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001429608</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Stedman Trent</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>799 CENTRAL AVE, SUITE 350</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HIGHLAND</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60035</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001429618</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>NV North American Opportunity Fund</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>799 CENTRAL AVE, SUITE 350</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HIGHLAND</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60035</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
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            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001363688</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Millennium Group LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>799 CENTRAL AVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 350</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HIGHLAND PARK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60035</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001429610</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HPP GP LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>799 CENTRAL AVE, SUITE 350</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HIGHLAND</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60035</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001429609</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Highland Park Partners Fund LP</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>799 CENTRAL AVE, SUITE 350</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HIGHLAND</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60035</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
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            <isOther>0</isOther>
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    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-03-05</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>5.26</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>994462</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnote</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On March 5, 2008, NV North American Opportunity Fund acquired an additional 2,000 shares of Class A Common Stock.  Millennium
 Group LLC, Highland Park Partners Fund, L.P., HPP GP LLC, and Trent Stedman each disclaim ownership in such acquisition by
 NV North American Opportunity Fund, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>(1) NV North American Opportunity Fund directly beneficially owns 774,862 shares of Class A Common Stock.  Millennium Group
 LLC is the investment manager of NV North American Opportunity Fund.  Highland Park Partners Fund LP directly beneficially
 owns 217,400 shares of Class A Common Stock.  HPP GP LLC is the general partner of NV North American Opportunity Fund.
 Trent Stedman directly beneficially owns 2,200 shares of Class A Common Stock in a personal trading account.   (2) Trent
 Stedman is a member of Millennium Group LLC, the investment manager of NV North American Opportunity Fund.  Trent Stedman is
 also the sole member of HPP GP LLC, the general partner of Highland Park Partners Fund LP.  Trent Stedman, by virtue of his
 relationship to NV North American Opportunity Fund, Millennium Group LLC, Highland Park Partners Fund LP, and HPP GP LLC,
 may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) the shares of Class A
 Common Stock which NV North American Opportunity Fund, Millennium Group LLC, Highland Park Partners Fund LP, and HPP GP LLC
 own.   (3) The percentage of beneficial ownership of 10.3% (or 994,462 shares of Class A Common Stock) is based on the
 following:  (i) 10,041,320 shares of Class A Common Stock were outstanding as of November 5, 2007 (as set forth on the
 Issuer's Form 10-Q, filed on November 14, 2007 with the Securities and Exchange Commission); (ii) on January 3, 2008, George
 B.  Beitzel, who serves as a director of the Issuer, exercised his option to acquire 50,000 shares of Class A Common Stock
 (as set forth on a Form 4, filed by George B. Beitzel on January 7, 2008 with the Securities and Exchange Commission); and
 (iii) during a March 3, 2008 earnings call, Issuer announced that it had repurchased 410,000 shares of Class A Common Stock.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Trent Stedman</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-03-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>NV North American Opportunity Fund By:  Millennium Group LLC /s/ Trent Stedman, Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-03-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Millennium Group LLC /s/ Trent Stedman, Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-03-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Highland Park Partners Fund LP By: HPP GP LLC  /s/ Trent Stedman, Sole Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-03-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>HPP GP LLC /s/ Trent Stedman, Sole Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-03-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
