andreesen later said he had no part in the deal, however.y says while facebook's recent run of acquisiti acquisition is somewhat concerning, the deal doesn't seem irrational. checking shares at this hour, waiting for the board, we need a virtual board, it is now up fractionally at this hour. it's interesting, though, i don't know if you've ever donated to one of these kick starters before. some of them will sort of let you buy in and get some sort of recognition. at this point, oculus had about $2 million on kick starter, but didn't give away any equity. >> isn't it, i may be wrong about this, bertha, but in the states, you're not allowed to give away equities because they -- i might be wrong. i'm from the uk. you can crowd fund equities, but you can't in the states. >> yeah. not at this stage. but nonetheless, i've got a feeling, you know, a company that was valued before at about 2.5 million and now for $2 billion, you've got to be kicking yourself. >> you got a reward voucher. i don't know what you got instead. you get a reward voucher. >

and andreesen has already put $50 million to work in bitcoin. related companies. about bitcoin says it's as bulletproof as he's seen. >> josh lipton, thank you very much for joining us. >>> big news we told you about yesterday was that apple was trying to cut a streaming tv deal with comcast. well, that got your next guest's attention. he says if apple really wants to get into streaming tv, why don't they just buy netflix? joins us is john ogg and also our own herb greenberg. great to have you with us today. john, i want to ask you to make your case. why this would be a whole lot easier and maybe cheaper in the long run. >> well, it's very simple. apple is looking -- everyone's trying to figure how apple can make the next big jump. netflix is growing crazily as far as -- you know, as far as media companies are concerned. tim cook hasn't really done anything. i know steve jobs told him not to listen to the critics and do what he wanted, but he's doing nothing. he's just kind of sucking wind right now. and frankly, he was super excited about the $1 billion that appl

marc andreesen took to twitter to post, never mentioning them by name.g, "they start out as naughty fun and ends in ruined lives." they will always get users but to what end and cost? michael heyward told me his company has a strict policy on what can be posted, and he feels he is giving users a voice when maybe they felt like they didn't have one. apple tv is getting into the march madness mix. home to the duke blue devils. the apple tv streaming device. jon erlichman is in l.a. with more details. they are not offering full games broadcasting rights? >> exactly. the broadcasting rights have been locked up for a long time for cbs. if you are apple and you want to grow apple tv, what are your options? to go and cut deals with conferences that have big fan bases like the duke fan base. one company built that built this, he is the ceo and he joins us. talk more about the tricky rules of rights. why can't these apps be created when you have these monster deals that the broadcasters sign for the live streaming rights? >> hey, jon. as you pointed out, a lot of

this time, marc andreesen is firing back about his comments about virtual currency. we'll have it all. you don't want to miss it. n't w. >>> good morning. we have a doozy for you this morning. warren buffett recently promoted the perfect bracket challenge. we had a chance to ask him what he thinks about bitcoin. . >> well, basically, it's a -- it's a method of transmitting money. our checks are a way of transmitting money, too. or money orders on. you can transmit money by money orders. people do it. but you can replicate it. a bunch of different ways and it will be and the idea that it has some huge intrinsic value is just a joke in my view. >> for bitcoin investors, them's fighting words. marc andreesen, addressing a bitcoin conference in san francisco, calling out what he says is old white men crapping on new technology they don't understand. by the way, he also tweeted that out to his followers. again, andreessen has defended bitcoin and talked about how he really thinks this is the internet of the future. later in the day, he followed up with those comments with