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Aereo wins against broadcasters, can continue selling access to antennas
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Diller said last March that Aereo would expand to 75 to 100 cities in one year. While Aereo isnt expanding as rapidly as originally expected, its move could have an impact on TV station owners negotiating retransmission-consent agreements with pay TV providers. Aereo announced at the Consumer Electronics Show that it would also launch service this year in Miami, Austin, Houston, Baltimore, Detroit, Denver, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh,aduedu3054.typepad.com. Tampa, Cleveland, Kansas City, Raleigh-Durham, N.C., Salt Lake City, Birmingham, Ala., free satellite tv Providence, R.I., and Madison, Wis.
Aereo slashes prices, offers $1 daily passes
Aereo, which is led by Navic Networks founder Chet Kanojia, tumour2365.typepad.com has not disclosed how many customers have signed up for its service in New York.
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Britt: Aereo could help Time Warner Cable stop paying retransmission-consent fees
Aereo uses arrays of dime-sized antennas to capture free over-the-air signals from local TV stations. It charges customers plans that cost as low as $1 daily or $8 monthly to watch local broadcast programming and store shows on a cloud-based DVR.
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CEA backs Aereo in fight against CBS, tumour2481.typepad.com NBC, Fox, PBS
NBC, CBS, Fox and 14 other broadcasters have accused Aereo of copyright infringement. But a U.S. District Court denied a request from the broadcasters last July to issue a preliminary injunction that could have forced Aereo to shut down until the case is resolved.
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With broadcasters demanding that cable operators and satellite TV providers pay increased retransmission-consent fees, Aereos expansion could make it more difficult for stations to threaten to pull their signals from pay TV providers in order to extract those increased fees.
