One challenge for the TVii offering is that itsvalueincreases as you subscribe to more broadband TV services, not to mention TiVo with its own monthly fee.
According to people with knowledge of the talks, each network's increases would be tied to the value of its deal and wouldn't be the same across the board.
"When you are creating a currency whose purpose is to be unregulated and then that currency gains value and its exchange rate with the dollar or the pound sterling increases, then clearly this is going attract all sorts of people who want to launder their illicitly earned money, " he says.