FIVEBYFIVE Inc

FIVEBYFIVE delivers 4K Live TV & Video On-Demand, cheaper and more profitable than our competitors, all while we harness Big Data in the process

  • Stage Product In Development
  • Industry Media and Entertainment
  • Location San Jose, CA, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded September 2014
  • Employees 13
  • Website thefivebyfive.com

Company Summary

FIVEBYFIVE delivers 4K Live TV & Video On-Demand, cheaper and more profitable than our competitors, all while we harness Big Data in the process

We're solving problems for both general public (consumers) and content producers (including TV networks).

Most households have one of the following TV service (Cable, Satellite, IPTV, or the not so good old Antenna).

In the USA, 100M households out of 122M have PayTV service, while 80M households have broadband Internet; out of those 80M, 15M households has no PayTV service. But subscribes to SVOD service like Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime Video.

In order to maintain their physical distribution networks (coaxial cables, or satellite transmission antenna), existing MVPD (Multichannel Video Programming Distributor -- not Mountain View Police Department) like Comcast or AT&T/DirecTV have continuously jack up the price, for mediocre quality, and tons of channel contents to the general public (paid consumers).

While the monthly subscription price hike is inevitable under existing players, it has forced the questions of "is it worthy to pay over $100 a month?". Which many decided to opt for alternative by cutting the cord, jumping off the ship to SVOD (Subscription Video On-Demand) from Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime Membership. Or going back to the basic OTA (Over-The-Air) antenna.

However, if they subscribe to any of those SVOD, they cannot get LIVE broadcast TV, so no local NEWS, no late night talk shows, no SPORTS and no ESPN.

Unfortunately, these problems and many more are the consequence of legacy, outdated business model and technology infrastructure.

And with the advent of 4K UHD TV at a much affordable price tag, TV Networks cannot push content through the OTA, so using an antenna is out of the question.

The existing distribution model also force unwanted piracy by the general public.

We're about to solve that, offering a breakthrough solution as a service business model, using new technology to deliver both Linear TV, with SVOD, into one service!

Our product/service comprise of both hardware and SaaS (Software as a Service), that would solve multiple problems for multiple parties.

Bringing real-time Big Data analytic and intelligence of the viewership.

Team

  • George Tang
    Co-Founder & CEO

    15+ years, new business development, product development from both consumer and industrial hardware computing
    Inventor of xFaire System Concept
    Patent 62/061,975

  • William Ku
    CFO

    12+ years, at Kaiser Permanente, with expertise on accounting, financial analysis, financial modeling, forecasting and cost analysis

  • Jessica Jiang
    Head of UI/UX Design Team

    9+ years, user interface design, user experience research, interaction design, visual and graphic design

  • Brian Ou Yang
    Co-Lead Industrial Designer

    13+ years of experience from industrial design, packaging design, product design, illustration, video story boarding

  • Leo Chao
    Co-Lead Industrial Design

    6+ years experience on industrial design, consumer electronics, sustainable system design, medical assistive design, furniture design, ceramic design

  • Ivan Lee
    Sr. Software Developer

    6+ years of experience from Software Development, Unix, LInux, Android, Java, Database, SQL, MSQL, MySQL, Oracle SQL, SQL Server, C++, Python, Visual Basic, VB.NET, Photoshop, HTML coding/programming, and JavaScript

  • Eric Li
    Head of Software Architecture

    15+ years experiences in digital video technology, from video capture and processing, compression and decompression, transmission and streaming, to video storage and playback; Familiar with main-stream video applications: Video Surveillance, Set-Top Box,HDTV,SDTV,DVB-T,DVB-C,IPTV, and traditional TV broadcast: NTSC and PAL

    Specialties:Digital video technology, Video Codec,MPEG-1/2/4,H.264, HDTV,STB,DVB,IPTV and NTSC/PAL.

  • Jason Ma
    Sr. Embedded Firmware Engineer

    22+ years of experience in software development, embedded software, firmware, device driver development, digital video technology, H.264, video compression, broadcast streaming

  • Albert Shih
    Head of Marketing

    3 successful crowdfunding campaign raising over 1MM each within 18 months.

    Extensive understanding about social media, crowdfunding campaign strategy, media relation

  • Frank Zhou
    Co-Founder & CTO

    10+ years, field application engineering, quality assurance, program analysis, serving on mission critical medical industry

    1 startup tour with successful exit

  • David Meng
    Sr. Director of Global Operations

    17+ years of experience from Product Management, Product Marketing, Product Development, Product Design, Electronics, Cross-functional Team, New Business Development, Management, Strategic Planning, Semiconductors, PCB design, Consumer Electronics, Design for Manufacturing

  • Timothy Lee
    Sr. Mechanical Engineer

    6+ years of experience as mechanical engineer with innovative design skill. Proficient in both Pro Engineer (Pro/E) and Solidworks. Successfully design and lead multiple programs. Design to meet harsh environmental specs. Analysis skills to find the root cause of failure

  • Jingyuan Lao
    Sr. NPI Program Manager

    6+ years of engineering program management, mechanical, electrical & manufacturing engineering, product development in IOT, robotics, consumer electronics

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