Sling It, Baby
Thursday, August 9th, 2007 running time 22:19
Know what a Slingbox is? No? Then we pity you terribly. But even if you're in the know, you'll still be surprised to hear what Slingbox CEO Blake Krikorian has up his sleeve. Om and Joyce sit down with him and grill him for all the crucial details. Plus, this week's sizzling Hitlines, and of course, your scathing fanmail (we love our brutal fans!). Sit back, relax, and press play: it's the GigaOm Show!
Highlights
Consumer electronics
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13:24, 13:39, 13:24, 13:39
)
digital photos
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3:40, 3:40
)
high definition
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12:18, 12:24, 12:18, 12:24
)
Major League Baseball
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9:52, 9:52
)
Consumer electronics
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13:24, 13:39, 13:24, 13:39
)
digital photos
(
3:40, 3:40
)
high definition
(
12:18, 12:24, 12:18, 12:24
)
Major League Baseball
(
9:52, 9:52
)
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" The get go home show you sponsored by jangled. Hey welcome to the get go on the show -- and I -- him. Hey this is -- episode and -- have a lot of new interest -- feedback can be really addressed that later in the show but before we get started the headlines the most proper stories of this week."
" My number five it client is five dot com launches garage sale of FaceBook app does it for an eBay. So -- sale is this new FaceBook widget that they wanted allows people to sell objects that they have and or belongings. 21 -- FaceBook friends and buy dot com just takes a 5% --"
" Right to that nice today. -- picture -- of -- movie career because I've got cinematic geek you know ambitions please. Let's move on this is just an opportunistic PR play. We're actually Grambling is anyway that this it's just not the same marketplace it's just not possible to closed. Right our number four pick -- line from this week is social network overload. -- mean blog everybody has been talked about. How that are too many social networks -- are open they don't work we each other they're just too much email coming from all these networks. What do you say --"
" I I sit people's -- are backing off for them to stop spending their entire lives on their social networks there too many of them. -- and there's this issue of first there are too many going into niche markets and now that the ones that survived their niche markets are not trying to expand. To all become. You know the everything social network so -- looking missing -- this point in time right I think."
" Each network has to do one thing rather so Plaxo was doing address books thinking right. Validation just stick to that and fees function us. You should do what they're supposed to do in Lincoln as a business social network and it's a week one when you come to think offered at the end of the day. We really. The only people who really Mac -- the solution that from there really matters. Is a number of people in -- on faith gesture that is. -- instant messaging chat list perhaps not I think this had a tornado pretty clear. IDs of the most important people in your life and I think that's -- news -- and move enough. And not our number three story. He's been pretty iMac and we just announced there would thank. Nice cute. Affordable affordable very affordable. Very elegant you know in the appendices -- and again -- for I think the affordable part cannot be underscored. -- hundred dollars for a very decent point range. All in one desktop right here in the market and looks great and you this is the one you should go far if you've been looking for a reason to switch away from windows this is a pretty cheap -- to switch -- I have committed and a really good job of everything released just. Lets out this -- theory of I want I want from our consumers -- see the consumer Warren is of me to do it. For I think that is the big big interest in kingdom Bardem was the applications straight off the way I work the high life -- I love the I movie it was fantastic I think it's gonna. Speaking he made radio making so much easier but people really make videos often -- that's the thing right leg how many people you should take digital photos are how many people. -- tonight Rain Man and I think they have -- so. Zip ball. This is an application which blew my mind I loved it. And I think that's the thing the big challenge for apple is prepare consumers who -- not -- from diehard fan boys -- things. That the apple experience. Is lark is Meeks the computer better right and I think that would be a challenge and if you go to bed. You know Apple's -- I find the quality of the geniuses. Is actually decreasing and you don't get much -- putts in fact they don't get them more on body is more like frank. You have my number two story for the for the -- here's. Amazon's PayPal competitor. EU. Flexible payment services. I think. It is a pretty good idea. I agree that Amazon introduce this service mechanism -- Software writers web developers can actually incorporate. In their products. And use the Amazon infrastructure. For people to pay for --"
" And I think it's a very smart move because they're making it viral by going right to the people who code everything and make solid service the sites and services where we would actually implement these type of payment solutions they would call it the Trojan dollars."
" Track."
" I think it's great I loved everything Amazon com -- are trying to you know open up their loved -- could really have them on the show. Which is trying to basically yet coming I have come on that instead of."
" I'll let you take the number one story as I always do batches. I was."
" The number one story that fake Steve Jobs blood is revealed. There's big to do about that. The blog and has been gaining popularity. Over the past fourteen months Steve Jobs himself. And Bill Gates have both committed to reading it I read it on and in time time basis and I think it's hilarious. But not sold on the fun is over he's been -- kind of the Forbes writer Dan Lyons and now we know where it's coming from yes I think."
" The funds over and unit was great I think you should have just kept doing it without revealing his identity. He was out innocence of so voluntary I'm sure there was a big plan that is a bull blank some bad c'mon you -- con -- Tenneco. We've heard this story before there's this anonymous guy wrote a book. Joel Klein they're angry. As who are part of marketing strategy forever I'm glad. You know that's one block to -- now we will be right back and play Kerkorian -- CEO and cofounder of sling media. But as I like to describe the man -- cookie."
" Welcome back and I -- introduce our guests for today's -- Kerkorian CEO and cofounder of sling media thank you for joining us today tape Pletcher. So can use let's start off by you telling a little bit about what sling media does for those -- our -- an -- to -- so lomb today we've been known as as a company that. Creates a product called the slingbox and for those of you who are not aware of it what the slingbox does is it is basically lets you. Please shift your living room television meaning you can watch and control your living room TV on any Mac any PC and even a variety of mobile phones. Really anywhere in the world to -- kicking back in the hot tub in the backyard watching your your ball game right off your TiVo in your mail and import. Be aware this. Not getting a lot of work on but you know. The unit informed -- place for a work number armed and really the slingbox is what we've been out chipping for about two years for a -- sold so far well we don't we don't say specifically. Fortunately. Hundreds of thousands common actually and and it's it's been a pretty pretty pretty rapid. -- program if you will. Com and -- we've been selling the slingbox we're about to unveil a whole slew of products both physical products as well as software services. And so. Our original vision of the company it was really all about connecting the consumer. To the content that they love. Regardless of the display regardless of the location regardless of the source of that content and regardless of the format. And we just so happened to start with the slingbox to fix the television content and gets it on all these other displays but what we're about to do is one. Release a product called the sling catcher which in many ways is the exact opposite of -- slingbox and it'll take Internet based content and bring it to a television. But we also have this this new service that we're really excited about Hulk opens play. Which will really ethnic change -- the people socialize around television as well so for people who have a slingbox. They will be able to essentially choose favorite clips of their television broadcast. And -- them and share them with their family and friends so it's -- one to one relationship -- one TD and one signal that goes out to one particular other device via the slingbox or whatever. Other hungry correct -- works is is it's one at a time so they get around getting -- the networks on angry at you for. It a it was it was. One of the good first steps I should say I mean if it if it would have been a product that would've let you sort of play at this link to 5000 your closest friends that would have been a problem now -- So no it's only it's only one to one and in fact. It ends up being quite additive -- from a Nielsen rating perspective so. We I think we've gone from when we when we launched two years ago. Something that that was quite perceived as the you know the depth of television yet another potential you know challenge to television. Armed -- now I think where Norad is is the vast majority of the broadcasters and networks see this actually has an enabling technology that really. Helps increase the reach and frequency of their content to."
" Their regulars are a bunch of them is suing humans all the (%expletive) that's not true. Home no cure for the post response. On gifts are asking now now now that you release candidate you know -- know little or not I don't borrowers need to be true of government that all there are some sports leagues okay so. There there there was a subsidiary of the sports league. Coming from Major League Baseball. Which I think it's really important that does it off by the way they -- well biggest groups in the manner. Hundred dollars for crappy video -- sorrow for Florida for the out of market game is right and and that their odds of being MLB. Write -- baseball and then there's ML bam which just stands for advanced media and that's a subsidiary. Of baseball. Arm and so the people who have. Come out words I think in the Preston and and said some relatively derided derogatory things about us. Com back it's illegal in a variety of other things come. That was coming from the subsidiary. Not advanced media. And that's -- a bit of -- rub there hasn't been any any you know real legal action taken and in fact. You know recently the gentleman who who runs that group. Came out The Wall Street Journal com and basically said that lawyers are not the place you know -- All these disputes. Which I gotta tell you was a real testament -- not not as much to us but to what the Internet and abandon the path to what. What the Internet provides in terms of empowering consumers right because the network came out boy you have this onslaught you know consumers who were very upset about. What are you know what what am saying about a product."
" So a -- one thing which if I understand correctly the main reason you don't do. HD he you know. They shifting. And -- kicked in the 640. And -- it -- is because the analog signals had few good. Are these legal issues and it is the fair use bridge. You know."
" 121 segment as long as it's an analog. Broadcast is inspected by bomb that's somewhat true thumb and it and it it is quite a complex issue I mean first off putting. All legalities and everything else aside the fact of the matter is that. Even with our -- technology which we call -- remote code -- Belsky. Which is all about dynamically adjusting the bit rate based on whatever IP network it's streaming over because as you know IP. Essentially is best effort not so good for video one that is expanding and contracting. Armed and so while we built this court technology to work it works incredibly well on all sorts of different types of networks including. 80211 B network or -- you know and HS TPH network. The fact of the matter is that those pipes themselves. Are actually not not quite capable of handling what high definition would be. That being said with new technologies that's no longer going to be the case right when and I have sold in the table -- encoded high definition and and pipes -- a few months 22 to handle. So we get into this you know -- use analog hold -- DM CA issue. And Walt while the the the analog doesn't necessarily suggest that it is a bomb it is a a fair use an analog domain than not digital domain. The fact of the matter is we have a single digit winning copyright thing and to your point. Digital content if it's encrypted. And you circumvent that encryption scheme -- guilty so it's scary when everything -- go digital a lot of products like DVR isn't slingbox -- and things would have never seen the light of day if we lived in the digital worked well where --"
" So I have one question and then re going to play late rapid fire questions. Game -- the big question I have to you is not you mean he said you said that you sort of hundreds of pardons and divisive. You never key road being import fewest of progress to make money -- the exception of apple. Consumer electronics hasn't been something so the combatants being successful that you'd think there is it. A -- he let you know using guard sold yesterday to ask for -- making it can. There be as successful. Consumer electronics company. Artists from the combat -- and if yes why do you think you learned a lot and -- explain to me that what is that. You have going for her part in what would you -- or other people."
" Well I I think it's a couple things -- try to try to answer that and -- a really concise manner what you know is that the the difficult thing but. First off you need to have a -- and I think we certainly have that in fact I know I'm. I if one thing I'm proud of is -- what we've been able to do from really developing love and trust with the consumers. Secondly you need distribution you know and we saw the slingbox and -- retail now and over 4000 stores in the US and and now hopefully soon we'll be talking about some other forms of distribution in the United States. I'm build off of that besides that you know it's really continuing to innovate and in in -- innovating in a way that. You know you just you just don't rest on your laurels and and Tebow you know as much as I -- that company. Com it it took them awhile to -- and innovate again but the came up with a fantastic first generation product and then there was an oval and a vision for a few years. And when that happens you know you know it's it's it's tough to stay ahead so. You know I think we got a decent shot. But you know we're always under a dollar -- up against these huge behemoth companies right multibillion dollar companies I'm."
" Watching you Byrd B guard some questions -- for use that rapid fire questions you gotta be great. Sharpen young defibrillators were running up my man you gotta start letting people vote -- that shows. Up pretty constant. Okay then. Just today."
" What might have been -- will allow you to do that this fall -- Now I don't necessarily safe -- shows but we're what we're looking at we're looking at some of that of these clips of the shows."
" The HD. -- when does that come mark I want specific date. Function next week next month to say which month. Which -- there."
" They come up January found it 2000 but I didn't know you asked which month does that to get on an aide to. Come not giving up his human stew -- let's get it and one thing they knew every charge a monthly fee. Never say never but I really. I don't want to win and I don't I don't foresee it I think that support is much orange thing when and other revenue streams when really you. Become. Part of a cable balked at some point in the future -- And I mean that's my guess I cannot camp can't predict the future but right there you are you working with cable television companies can just me this a feature of their cable box. I think sometimes when you look at convergence you have to look at things and say one thing one -- is -- product the next day it's a feature plots you know only a natural sort of your living an evolution and we assume. They had not embrace multiple ones and then not for you had something to announce today you won't have my views. Some well you're you're hoping I thought I think this is a lot more interest in the sentiment but I know who I'd argue it's gonna talk -- this iPhone can you gonna."
" Don't worry we're we're gonna we're working on a bunch of stuff you know -- it -- counseling -- A lot of people and sit and what they want now you know what -- we've got on Mac Donald PCs we've got from palm right out of Windows Mobile we got on Symbian which again is and 95 I'm telling you this thing rocks. Com and this is the US so this is the US versions -- come out in September -- five megapixel camera. You know three G Wi-Fi -- words. Some apple iPhone and Blackberry of the -- to be honest but there is even higher priority because there's more of them out there right now right. Com but -- good for me you know iPhone and iPhone is adjusting you know we're -- and a without having a formal STK and you know being blessed by you know Jesus down Cupertino prank on you know we will he armed are trying to you know. Get it get it kind of work and just like a lot of people target target -- which it's amazing to watch the community. What you're up to see what people actually is clinging to their other devices are consequence. Yes we do have the ability we -- you don't monitor that we have to change our privacy policies through and do it but but but -- him well percent of people actually. Slinging their sports games -- is not knowing it now nobody -- spice. Brother adult content. Well you know our first our first article I guess you -- about your problem fiercely at all -- I mean I'll tell you the first the first advertisement we never came out and ran in the USA today. And it only ever one day which if you and we wanted to know well the whole week. Big huge picture the slingbox and it said the best thing to happen to the business travelers -- pay per view port. The sling box and it -- one day."
" And -- in your life can actually can -- and watching get your own you that you get you also -- set top box everything's cool enough the current. Is that hard work had two Korean. Everybody has found box everyone has their own box thanks today for certain amount for the show I really appreciated some day on the best -- of the company and hopefully next time you be able dependence and he sort tens of millions of slingbox."
" Global willow wolf we'll keep crossing our fingers. And congratulations guys and the stuff you're doing this this is killer so -- ever really crowded thank you --"
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" The get go home show you sponsored by jangled. Hey welcome to the get go on the show -- and I -- him. Hey this is -- episode and -- have a lot of new interest -- feedback can be really addressed that later in the show but before we get started the headlines the most proper stories of this week."
" My number five it client is five dot com launches garage sale of FaceBook app does it for an eBay. So -- sale is this new FaceBook widget that they wanted allows people to sell objects that they have and or belongings. 21 -- FaceBook friends and buy dot com just takes a 5% --"
" Right to that nice today. -- picture -- of -- movie career because I've got cinematic geek you know ambitions please. Let's move on this is just an opportunistic PR play. We're actually Grambling is anyway that this it's just not the same marketplace it's just not possible to closed. Right our number four pick -- line from this week is social network overload. -- mean blog everybody has been talked about. How that are too many social networks -- are open they don't work we each other they're just too much email coming from all these networks. What do you say --"
" I I sit people's -- are backing off for them to stop spending their entire lives on their social networks there too many of them. -- and there's this issue of first there are too many going into niche markets and now that the ones that survived their niche markets are not trying to expand. To all become. You know the everything social network so -- looking missing -- this point in time right I think."
" Each network has to do one thing rather so Plaxo was doing address books thinking right. Validation just stick to that and fees function us. You should do what they're supposed to do in Lincoln as a business social network and it's a week one when you come to think offered at the end of the day. We really. The only people who really Mac -- the solution that from there really matters. Is a number of people in -- on faith gesture that is. -- instant messaging chat list perhaps not I think this had a tornado pretty clear. IDs of the most important people in your life and I think that's -- news -- and move enough. And not our number three story. He's been pretty iMac and we just announced there would thank. Nice cute. Affordable affordable very affordable. Very elegant you know in the appendices -- and again -- for I think the affordable part cannot be underscored. -- hundred dollars for a very decent point range. All in one desktop right here in the market and looks great and you this is the one you should go far if you've been looking for a reason to switch away from windows this is a pretty cheap -- to switch -- I have committed and a really good job of everything released just. Lets out this -- theory of I want I want from our consumers -- see the consumer Warren is of me to do it. For I think that is the big big interest in kingdom Bardem was the applications straight off the way I work the high life -- I love the I movie it was fantastic I think it's gonna. Speaking he made radio making so much easier but people really make videos often -- that's the thing right leg how many people you should take digital photos are how many people. -- tonight Rain Man and I think they have -- so. Zip ball. This is an application which blew my mind I loved it. And I think that's the thing the big challenge for apple is prepare consumers who -- not -- from diehard fan boys -- things. That the apple experience. Is lark is Meeks the computer better right and I think that would be a challenge and if you go to bed. You know Apple's -- I find the quality of the geniuses. Is actually decreasing and you don't get much -- putts in fact they don't get them more on body is more like frank. You have my number two story for the for the -- here's. Amazon's PayPal competitor. EU. Flexible payment services. I think. It is a pretty good idea. I agree that Amazon introduce this service mechanism -- Software writers web developers can actually incorporate. In their products. And use the Amazon infrastructure. For people to pay for --"
" And I think it's a very smart move because they're making it viral by going right to the people who code everything and make solid service the sites and services where we would actually implement these type of payment solutions they would call it the Trojan dollars."
" Track."
" I think it's great I loved everything Amazon com -- are trying to you know open up their loved -- could really have them on the show. Which is trying to basically yet coming I have come on that instead of."
" I'll let you take the number one story as I always do batches. I was."
" The number one story that fake Steve Jobs blood is revealed. There's big to do about that. The blog and has been gaining popularity. Over the past fourteen months Steve Jobs himself. And Bill Gates have both committed to reading it I read it on and in time time basis and I think it's hilarious. But not sold on the fun is over he's been -- kind of the Forbes writer Dan Lyons and now we know where it's coming from yes I think."
" The funds over and unit was great I think you should have just kept doing it without revealing his identity. He was out innocence of so voluntary I'm sure there was a big plan that is a bull blank some bad c'mon you -- con -- Tenneco. We've heard this story before there's this anonymous guy wrote a book. Joel Klein they're angry. As who are part of marketing strategy forever I'm glad. You know that's one block to -- now we will be right back and play Kerkorian -- CEO and cofounder of sling media. But as I like to describe the man -- cookie."
" Welcome back and I -- introduce our guests for today's -- Kerkorian CEO and cofounder of sling media thank you for joining us today tape Pletcher. So can use let's start off by you telling a little bit about what sling media does for those -- our -- an -- to -- so lomb today we've been known as as a company that. Creates a product called the slingbox and for those of you who are not aware of it what the slingbox does is it is basically lets you. Please shift your living room television meaning you can watch and control your living room TV on any Mac any PC and even a variety of mobile phones. Really anywhere in the world to -- kicking back in the hot tub in the backyard watching your your ball game right off your TiVo in your mail and import. Be aware this. Not getting a lot of work on but you know. The unit informed -- place for a work number armed and really the slingbox is what we've been out chipping for about two years for a -- sold so far well we don't we don't say specifically. Fortunately. Hundreds of thousands common actually and and it's it's been a pretty pretty pretty rapid. -- program if you will. Com and -- we've been selling the slingbox we're about to unveil a whole slew of products both physical products as well as software services. And so. Our original vision of the company it was really all about connecting the consumer. To the content that they love. Regardless of the display regardless of the location regardless of the source of that content and regardless of the format. And we just so happened to start with the slingbox to fix the television content and gets it on all these other displays but what we're about to do is one. Release a product called the sling catcher which in many ways is the exact opposite of -- slingbox and it'll take Internet based content and bring it to a television. But we also have this this new service that we're really excited about Hulk opens play. Which will really ethnic change -- the people socialize around television as well so for people who have a slingbox. They will be able to essentially choose favorite clips of their television broadcast. And -- them and share them with their family and friends so it's -- one to one relationship -- one TD and one signal that goes out to one particular other device via the slingbox or whatever. Other hungry correct -- works is is it's one at a time so they get around getting -- the networks on angry at you for. It a it was it was. One of the good first steps I should say I mean if it if it would have been a product that would've let you sort of play at this link to 5000 your closest friends that would have been a problem now -- So no it's only it's only one to one and in fact. It ends up being quite additive -- from a Nielsen rating perspective so. We I think we've gone from when we when we launched two years ago. Something that that was quite perceived as the you know the depth of television yet another potential you know challenge to television. Armed -- now I think where Norad is is the vast majority of the broadcasters and networks see this actually has an enabling technology that really. Helps increase the reach and frequency of their content to."
" Their regulars are a bunch of them is suing humans all the (%expletive) that's not true. Home no cure for the post response. On gifts are asking now now now that you release candidate you know -- know little or not I don't borrowers need to be true of government that all there are some sports leagues okay so. There there there was a subsidiary of the sports league. Coming from Major League Baseball. Which I think it's really important that does it off by the way they -- well biggest groups in the manner. Hundred dollars for crappy video -- sorrow for Florida for the out of market game is right and and that their odds of being MLB. Write -- baseball and then there's ML bam which just stands for advanced media and that's a subsidiary. Of baseball. Arm and so the people who have. Come out words I think in the Preston and and said some relatively derided derogatory things about us. Com back it's illegal in a variety of other things come. That was coming from the subsidiary. Not advanced media. And that's -- a bit of -- rub there hasn't been any any you know real legal action taken and in fact. You know recently the gentleman who who runs that group. Came out The Wall Street Journal com and basically said that lawyers are not the place you know -- All these disputes. Which I gotta tell you was a real testament -- not not as much to us but to what the Internet and abandon the path to what. What the Internet provides in terms of empowering consumers right because the network came out boy you have this onslaught you know consumers who were very upset about. What are you know what what am saying about a product."
" So a -- one thing which if I understand correctly the main reason you don't do. HD he you know. They shifting. And -- kicked in the 640. And -- it -- is because the analog signals had few good. Are these legal issues and it is the fair use bridge. You know."
" 121 segment as long as it's an analog. Broadcast is inspected by bomb that's somewhat true thumb and it and it it is quite a complex issue I mean first off putting. All legalities and everything else aside the fact of the matter is that. Even with our -- technology which we call -- remote code -- Belsky. Which is all about dynamically adjusting the bit rate based on whatever IP network it's streaming over because as you know IP. Essentially is best effort not so good for video one that is expanding and contracting. Armed and so while we built this court technology to work it works incredibly well on all sorts of different types of networks including. 80211 B network or -- you know and HS TPH network. The fact of the matter is that those pipes themselves. Are actually not not quite capable of handling what high definition would be. That being said with new technologies that's no longer going to be the case right when and I have sold in the table -- encoded high definition and and pipes -- a few months 22 to handle. So we get into this you know -- use analog hold -- DM CA issue. And Walt while the the the analog doesn't necessarily suggest that it is a bomb it is a a fair use an analog domain than not digital domain. The fact of the matter is we have a single digit winning copyright thing and to your point. Digital content if it's encrypted. And you circumvent that encryption scheme -- guilty so it's scary when everything -- go digital a lot of products like DVR isn't slingbox -- and things would have never seen the light of day if we lived in the digital worked well where --"
" So I have one question and then re going to play late rapid fire questions. Game -- the big question I have to you is not you mean he said you said that you sort of hundreds of pardons and divisive. You never key road being import fewest of progress to make money -- the exception of apple. Consumer electronics hasn't been something so the combatants being successful that you'd think there is it. A -- he let you know using guard sold yesterday to ask for -- making it can. There be as successful. Consumer electronics company. Artists from the combat -- and if yes why do you think you learned a lot and -- explain to me that what is that. You have going for her part in what would you -- or other people."
" Well I I think it's a couple things -- try to try to answer that and -- a really concise manner what you know is that the the difficult thing but. First off you need to have a -- and I think we certainly have that in fact I know I'm. I if one thing I'm proud of is -- what we've been able to do from really developing love and trust with the consumers. Secondly you need distribution you know and we saw the slingbox and -- retail now and over 4000 stores in the US and and now hopefully soon we'll be talking about some other forms of distribution in the United States. I'm build off of that besides that you know it's really continuing to innovate and in in -- innovating in a way that. You know you just you just don't rest on your laurels and and Tebow you know as much as I -- that company. Com it it took them awhile to -- and innovate again but the came up with a fantastic first generation product and then there was an oval and a vision for a few years. And when that happens you know you know it's it's it's tough to stay ahead so. You know I think we got a decent shot. But you know we're always under a dollar -- up against these huge behemoth companies right multibillion dollar companies I'm."
" Watching you Byrd B guard some questions -- for use that rapid fire questions you gotta be great. Sharpen young defibrillators were running up my man you gotta start letting people vote -- that shows. Up pretty constant. Okay then. Just today."
" What might have been -- will allow you to do that this fall -- Now I don't necessarily safe -- shows but we're what we're looking at we're looking at some of that of these clips of the shows."
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