maybe paid video streaming "one ticket one seat" where one entitlement gets one stream even on a global CDN; tried to take it to realnetworks, they said nobody would pay for video on the internet so i took it to microsoft; we did HBO, Showtime, WWE, together -- turns out people will pay for video on the Internet and various Microsoft tech we collab'd on for 2+ years before release went on to be foundations of online video w/ rights for folks like Netflix

https://news.microsoft.com/2000/02/09/microsoft-unveils-digi...

https://news.microsoft.com/2000/06/12/microsofts-new-digital...