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Maybe it ruins their advertising locality or the value of having local network affiliated stations? But both of those seem like pretty lofty arguments.
by natdempk 13y ago
Maybe it ruins their advertising locality or the value of having local network affiliated stations? But both of those seem like pretty lofty arguments.
- samelawrence 13y agoNo, it doesn't. You tell Aereo where you are, and it gives you your local broadcasts only (last time I checked).
- natdempk 13y agoAh okay, looking into it more and as another commenter has mentioned its probably the DVR aspect, which allows/encourages skipping commercials. They probably fear that the commercials will be stripped out or easily skippable.
- joezydeco 13y agoThey verify your location off the billing zipcode given when you drop a credit card number with them. They also geolocate your inbound IP when watching the service and try to bump you when you're not in the viewing area. It's been like this since the Beta started but I'm guessing once the court rulings are over they would lift the IP restrictions.