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Thiel Launching Streaming Box, 4K Streaming Service

Thiel Audio invested “millions” of dollars in an entertainment space in Nashville and its Aurora 4K streaming video production studio, and will use the venue to launch a streaming music box coinciding with the Country Music Association Music Festival in…

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June, newly installed CEO Thomas Malatesta told us. Thiel is spending “a lot of money” on new websites, social media, e-commerce and third-party websites, said Malatesta. The company is building the 4K platform that's to go live as a subscription-based service in May. Aurora hopes to aggregate its original concerts in Ultra HD and become a content provider, and it's working on secondary distribution deals, said Chief Branding Officer Rebecca Abrahams. The streaming service will offer a dashboard that allows subscribers to interact with artists, she said.