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You realize that OTA HDTV is...free, right? Explain to me how any content provider lost a single dollar because of Aereo's existence.
by psychometry 12y ago
You realize that OTA HDTV is...free, right? Explain to me how any content provider lost a single dollar because of Aereo's existence.
- untog 12y agoBecause cable companies pay broadcast companies to redistribute broadcast content - it's a major source of income for the broadcast companies. The cable companies said that if Aereo were allowed to get away with what they were doing then they'd do the same thing themselves.
- discardorama 12y agoSo Aereo was screwed because _cable_ companies decided to overpay? Can you imagine if you bought a car, and then the dealership comes back to you for more money because your neighbor paid much more for the same model?
- untog 12y agoAereo was screwed over because _cable_ companies were legally mandated to pay for broadcast content, and Aereo skirted that law.
- psychometry 12y agoOK, but do you understand that cable companies primarily provide cable channels as their service? You're comparing apples to oranges.
- apaprocki 12y agoAereo's model wasn't limited to OTA. It wasn't publicized a lot, but Bloomberg TV was the first non-OTA channel to stream over Aereo. http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323981504578177630291954460 http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB100014241278873239815045781...
- baddox 12y agoSo a completely unrelated third party has a completely separate deal with content producers that has nothing to do with the legal free OTA broadcasts. Still doesn't add up.
- pissmonger 12y agoThen tell ABC, CBS, FOX, & PBS to get off the effin airways and become cable-only. Surely there are those who would find uses for the bandwidth that would serve the community