Diller: Once Aereo Gets Big We’ll Start Investing In Original Content
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Aereo has stirred plenty of ire among U.S. TV broadcasters for pulling their over-the-air signals and providing it to subscribers for a fee.
But it's about to get worse. Aereo's main backer, IAC chief Barry Diller, said the startup will get into original content once it reaches meaningful scale, around 10 to 15 million households.
Mr. Diller said Aereo is planning to roll out the service to 22 cities in the next six to eight months in addition to New York and Boston. With that many households paying $8 a month, Aereo can start investing in its own content, according to Mr. Diller. "We will have a billing relationship with those homes and can make our own programming," he said during an on-stage interview at All Things D's tech conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
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