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    <schemaVersion>X0203</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2008-08-14</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <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>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <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</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60035</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <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>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <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>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <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>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>957962</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnotes (1), (2) and (3)</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <remarks>DATE OF EVENT REQUIRING STATEMENT: On August 14, 2008, the Issuer filed a Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange
 Commission (&quot;SEC&quot;), in which the Issuer reported that it had 9,520,337 shares of Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding
 as of August 11,  2008.  The Issuer also reported in the  Form 10-Q that during the six month period ended June 30, 2008, it
 had repurchased 697,700 shares of Common Stock.  As a result of this repurchase, the beneficial ownership of the Issuer's
 total outstanding Class A Common Stock by the reporting Persons exceeds 10%.
(1) NV North American Opportunity Fund directly beneficially owns 746,862 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 208,900 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 10.1% (or 957,962 shares of Class A Common Stock) is based on the
 following: (i) 9,520,337 shares of Class A Common Stock were outstanding as of August 11, 2008 (as set forth on the
 Issuer's Form 10-Q, filed on August 14, 2008 with the SEC).</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Trent Stedman</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-08-25</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>NV North American Opportunity Fund By: Millennium Group LLC, its General Partner /s/ Trent Stedman, Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-08-25</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Millennium Group LLC  /s/ Trent Stedman, Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-08-25</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Highland Park Partners Fund LP By: HPP GP LLC, its General Partner /s/ Trent Stedman, Sole Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-08-25</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>HPP GP LLC /s/ Trent Stedman, Sole Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-08-25</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
