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Why Streaming Struggles
JimH:
Roku files for IPO, lost $43M in 2016:
https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/01/understanding-rokus-ipo-and-its-growing-platform-revenues/
JimH:
Slacker bought by LiveXLive for a reported $50 million.
LiveXLive lost $14.2 million on $225,000 in sales in 2016.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/15/16310314/livexlive-slacker-radio-aquires-50-million
Not a win for Slacker. They had $75 million in funding.
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/slacker#/entity
JimH:
Microsoft's Groove Music is going away at the end of the year:
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/10/02/microsoft-to-bring-spotify-to-groove-music-pass-customers/#wZ2it8JWPyqDbHVv.97
JimH:
Split The Music Business
jachin99:
What about USTVNow? They provide streaming options but they are also a content provider to small cable companies. I'm curious if JRiver could be considered a small cable company. Has anyone looked into them? Kodi has a plugin for USTV Now, and it seems like a good way to get cable onto jriver without forking out the big bucks for playready.
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