Streaming and TV....same or different?

This is an interesting court case and probably the first of something we'll probably be seeing more of.

http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/is-live-streaming-the-same-as-broadcast-tv-judge-to-give-landmark-ruling-20160427-gog99h.html


Will be watching this one to see how it works itself out in the end.

Aereo 2.0 ....the "in your house" distributed version

Great article in this months TVTechnology magazine about the current crop of "Over The Air"+online content providers such as TabloTV etc

Just because Aereo went away the idea of capturing OTA signals onto devices hasn't (some backstory articles on Aereo as a refresher here - http://blog.collins.net.pr/search?q=aereo )

TabloTV is the one I'd keep an eye on (4 tuners $299) but there are any number of products and derivative solutions looking to sneak into your living room (seems the safe legal path of in house rather than centralized like Aereo seems to be the flavor of the day).

More details at - http://www.tvtechnology.com/resources/0006/taking-broadcast-overthetop/278367


Will be interesting to see how this area evolves. Especially with Obama's recent push for "evolved set top boxes owned by consumers".

Cheers,
Dean

Sell or exit?

Good article and food for thought for my Australian entrepreneur friends.....eg build then sell instead of build and exit.

We just dont have the numbers locally to exit so take the "sure thing" anyday and structure with this being the preferred course from day one.

- http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/10/can-israel-build-big-sustainable-companies

Father.io

About time !!

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/father-io-first-real-life-massive-multiplayer-fps--2#/

 

Ever since I first read about Mogi Mogi back in 2006 I’ve been wondering why there isn’t more “real world” spatial game play - http://blog.collins.net.pr/2006/07/do-you-mogi-mogi.html

Stripe Atlas - start of something big?

Start of something big for Stripe?

- https://stripe.com/atlas

 

(btw if anyone knows someone over at stripe….the request form fails to load properly in IE11 <insert snide remarks here> but please lets not divert the conversation about browsers here and concentrate on what this means for companies looking to incorporate).

This being said....if you are an "online only" company then why incorporate in Delaware?

Why isn't Stripe allowing you to incorporate in Lithuania, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Singapore?

With digital transactions why locate in the USA at all?

Delaware makes sense if you are going to be raising funding......but otherwise.....what advantages do I get?

Great to see them branching out of the "transaction" space though. Could easily deliver Stripe higher profits (not revenue) than their original business.

AirBNB or Uber not invented here

Last time i checked neither AirBNB or Uber were invented, funded, or has their headquarters IN Australia so why wouldnt they be sending profits and a percentage of sales back home (or 'offshore' in this case).

I think its time for Australian politicians to realise if you want to develop a tax base then develop and grow startups from scratch and the first place to start is to install a real and working NBN and have faster mobile communications.

- http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/uber-pays-just-over-400000-tax-in-australia-over-three-years-20160223-gn1j9x.html

Oh and for people complaining that "corporates dont pay fair tax" you know that the solution to that is implementing a 15% gst but NoooOOOooooo that might actually cost you some money from your pocket so you wont vote for that will you.

Network level ad blocking

Simple solution......website should block mobile traffic from the Three mobile network and redirect users to an explanation on why they should change mobile operators.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/telecoms/12163439/Mobile-giant-Three-to-block-online-advertising.html

Three is poised to become the first major European mobile operator to block online advertising on its network, signalling a clash with digital publishers and advertising companies.

It is understood that Three, which runs operators in half a dozen European countries including the UK, will next week announce a deal with Shine, a controversial Israeli technology company that specialises in blocking mobile advertising.


Shine’s investors include Li Ka-shing, the Hong Kong billionaire behind CK Hutchison, the owner of Three.