Post by
hedge8 on Dec 29, 2015 9:45am
Definitely some potential upside here
We know there is value in the patents. How much WiLAN will pay SIO for them is a big question. I can only assume Routhier has some insight into that and is confident it will be a large enough amount to cover debts and have some left over or else why would he put up $100,000 of his own money?
Potential buyers for 3DGO is a more interesting question. Previous posters have mentioned Neulion, I think that would be an interesting possibility. They could buy it with shares and it would provide decent diversification for their sports streaming business. Neulion suddenly becomes the "streaming everything" company. If you layer 3DGO onto an already existing streaming business, the incrememtnal costs to run it are not much at all. You just need to cover minimum licensing revenues which I don't think we are that far away from after current holiday sales and rentals. And Neulion could still make the decision to expand internationally, etc. And since the studios have an interest in seeing their titles streamed they may be willing to renegotiate terms.
Comment by
Trooperhobo on Dec 29, 2015 12:11pm
Sailor. Won't the value of the patents sold be reported in the quarterly financials, as a cash injection. Presume we see this in Q3 reported in May.....if we are still around.
Comment by
hedge8 on Dec 29, 2015 1:15pm
Sailor - What is your understanding of what happens after SIO sells the patents to WiLAN? Let's say for example, they received $2 million, would they emerge from creditor protection and continue on as "normal" focusing on 3DGO? Basically leaving us where we were before but with more cash in the bank? Or are there other conditions required to get out of creditor protection?
Comment by
Polebrook on Dec 29, 2015 1:36pm
Hedge, if some of the current creditors are the Hollywood studios who have licensed movies to 3DGo, what incentive would they have not to cancel or not to renew the licenses?