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CNET Founder Backs $50 Million ICO for Video Streaming via @coindesk
According to Coindesk, “Streaming a TV show or a sports game directly to your laptop doesn’t make big TV networks much money today. “However, that might change if VideoCoin, a new decentralized project that’s taking aim at the price major broadcasters and media companies pay to stream content, succeeds on its vision. When a broadcaster […]
According to Coindesk, “Streaming a TV show or a sports game directly to your laptop doesn’t make big TV networks much money today.
“However, that might change if VideoCoin, a new decentralized project that’s taking aim at the price major broadcasters and media companies pay to stream content, succeeds on its vision. When a broadcaster sends out a broadcast over the airwaves, one signal can reach many devices, but when it broadcasts over the internet one signal goes to one device.
“‘It’s all cost and no revenue,’ Halsey Minor, CEO of Live Planet, an immersive video startup, told CoinDesk in an interview at Consensus 2018. Live Planet is a strategic partner in VideoCoin, which announced Wednesday the completion of a $50 million initial coin offering (ICO) entirely through private investment.”