As TV Begs Supreme Court for Help, Diller Says Aereo Is ‘On the Side of Angels’
Posted in: UncategorizedBillionaire Barry Diller, the backer of Aereo, said the streaming-TV service may eventually get as much as 35% of U.S. households to subscribe … if it overcomes legal challenges from broadcasters.
People in their mid- to late-20s aren’t willing to pay $100 a month for cable-TV packages, making Aereo’s $8 service increasingly attractive, Mr. Diller said at The Year Ahead: 2014, a two-day conference hosted by Bloomberg in Chicago. Aereo is “on the side of the angels,” he said.
Broadcast networks such as CBS and NBC would differ. Aereo offers their signals to subscribers over the internet in nine U.S. cities without the broadcaster’s agreement. Aereo says it doesn’t need to get permission, much less pay anyone, because it gets the signals fairly using antennas.
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