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Your cable company pays the local channels in most cases; look up "Retransmission Consent Agreement." Aereo are specifically avoiding negotiating these types of
by bri3d 13y ago
Your cable company pays the local channels in most cases; look up "Retransmission Consent Agreement." Aereo are specifically avoiding negotiating these types of agreement.
- joezydeco 13y 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.