The programmers have never been willing to treat OTT providers as legitimate MVPDs, if they were we would have had "internet cable" years ago. The real risk to

The programmers have never been willing to treat OTT providers as legitimate MVPDs, if they were we would have had "internet cable" years ago. The real risk to Aereo here is that this opens up competition and will likely trigger a bunch of MFNs that will allow traditional cable companies get into the OTT market. Since the programmers' rates cards are largely based on the number of subscribers Comcast and company will be able to kill them on price.