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How is it different than paying your cable company to watch local channels over the wire? You can't watch "premium" cable channels. It's just the stuff you'd
by cujo 12y ago
How is it different than paying your cable company to watch local channels over the wire? You can't watch "premium" cable channels. It's just the stuff you'd pick up with an OTA antenna, commercials included.
The real benefit of aereo is that it's all web based, so no one is tethered to their tv to watch.
- bri3d 12y agoYour cable company pays the local channels in most cases; look up "Retransmission Consent Agreement." Aereo are specifically avoiding negotiating these types of agreement.
- joezydeco 12y agoAereo didn't avoid the negotiation - they discovered a way to not have to pay the retransmission fees at all. No negotiation needed. This is the heart of why Aereo is at the Supreme Court trying to defend a situation that the Court created themselves. If Aereo can skip out on the fees, the cable and dish companies will follow suit immediately. And this is what has the broadcasters scared.