Fortune notes that Venrock and Coinfund met through their mutual investment in the live video
streaming app maker YouNow.
Not exact matches
With the possible exception of social media company Snap, these companies — a carmaker, a phone
maker and a music
streaming app — have little to do with WeChat and video games, all part of Tencent's core businesses.
Most of China's tech giants, including instant messaging and gaming company Tencent, mobile handset
maker Xiaomi, portal and microblogging giant Sina, and the country's video
streaming sites YoukuTudou, iQiyi, and LeTV, all have rushed into the rapidly growing space, joining upstarts such as Panda TV, an e-sports
streaming app owned by Wang Sicong, the son of Wang Jianlin, China's richest man, a real estate mogul with aspirations in media and entertainment.
GICS is set to undergo a major shift with the introduction of the communications services sector, which will encompass not just telecom companies, but internet media companies, mobile gaming
app makers, online
streaming services, search engines, social media platforms and more.
Plex,
makers of the popular media
streaming app by the same name, announced on Wednesday that its
app can now be used in virtual reality (so long as you've got a Google Daydream - ready Android phone and a headset).
Comcast announced plans for a Roku
app and a way for any device
maker to create their own Xfinity
apps; Time Warner Cable, Charter, and Comcast were testing
streaming versions of cable bundles; and the FCC was pushing an «unlock the box» proposal that would put TV operators» services onto major
streaming platforms.
For the past year, the
makers of the live -
streaming video chat service YouNow have been quietly developing a new
app that will be fueled by crypto tokens minted on Ethereum, a digital currency network that rivals Bitcoin and lets programmers spin up their own virtual currencies.
This past fall, media software
maker Plex expanded its service with the integration of a dedicated news hub within its
app — a feature that arrived by way of its acquisition of
streaming news startup, Watchup.
Streaming set - top box
maker Roku recently announced a brand new universal Windows platform (UWP)
app for Windows 10.
But that's about how long
streams took to start when we tested the original Chromecast, so it's clear that faster start - up times hinge heavily on support from
app makers.
GoPro, the
maker of small action - sports cameras, has launched a GoPro Channel
app on the Xbox 360, in an effort to highlight entertaining footage.With the new Xbox 360
app, Xbox Live Gold members can
stream official GoPro video content from their couch,... Read more
Earlier this week, the
makers of the Nintendo Switch video game console turned on
streaming with the release of a new Hulu
app, and newcomer Philo joined heavyweights like Hulu, Netflix and Amazon Prime in the
streaming space by partnering with dozens of popular cable channels.