Watch Games Virtually With Friends Using Cast

New system aims to allow fans to watch sports with friends, without even being in the same room.

Cast by Genii is a sharing system that enables users to select and stream paid content with friends that have the proper device and application. 

With Cast, up to six users are able to stream, connect, chat, and video chat through a host on each other’s screen from anywhere around the world. You can stream Sunday football on your iPad, video chat with five other friends on the screen’s sidebar, watching the game in real time.

This content provider means only one user needs the necessary subscription to host a streaming party. So only one in every six people who owns a Cast, needs cable, a network bundle, Netflix, Hulu, or any other subscription.

With appointment viewing, friends can be invited to watch live sports, movies, YouTube videos, or play videogames in the most social form of content streaming to date. Genii’s co-founder, Frederic Robert, claims the app operates within the rules of Netflix and other services. “It’s like you’re sitting next to someone on a sofa, but it’s a virtual sofa. Normal circle of a family and acquaintances and sharing is only prohibited if users are not watching the same thing.”

Unfortunately, for cable providers and networks, if Cast comes out on top, and hypothetically all cable-owning Americans go all in on the device, roughly 83% of cable subscribers could be lost, leaving one of six friends with that black box in their living rooms. This would only be just the beginning of the revolution. With a majority of all professional sports revenues streaming from media rights deals, an entire revenue restructuring would occur leaving ticket sales and sponsorship up for grabs.

Cast is projected to officially launch this year with a few providers weary of its content strength.

This article originally appeared here.