Aereo Attracts Support From Dish Network, EFF & More For SCOTUS Hearing

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For sure. But maybe received in a different way? Our local CBS affiliate has a slogan that while we receive the news in different ways now, the best is still from their channel. That's a seed that they are preparing to deliver their programming in new ways.
Both Tampa and Ct stations (Places I live) are quite active with local programming, much of it quite good I might add. Not all areas are as aggressive. I think good local programming will find a way to survive.
 
Scott Greczkowski said:
Networks selling their programming direct to the consumer is going to happen sooner or later.

I would hate to be an affiliate because other then local news there will be no real need for them.
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Quite frankly it would be an improvement. There is about a 50% chance some random local graphic is on the screen at any time. Anything from storms in a distant region, fire danger warning, or other some such nonsense.
 
Television is going to go IP based and On Demand. There will be little "live" content in the future. It will be like Youtube and NetFlix. Pick the show you want to watch. Some live content may be the local or national news or the weather. Many companies can swoop in and provide your local news on your "stream" as you could add it as an app while the networks could offer their own station directly to the consumer as other companies would as well.
 
Stargazer said:
Television is going to go IP based and On Demand. There will be little "live" content in the future. It will be like Youtube and NetFlix. Pick the show you want to watch. Some live content may be the local or national news or the weather. Many companies can swoop in and provide your local news on your "stream" as you could add it as an app while the networks could offer their own station directly to the consumer as other companies would as well.
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That is how it seems to be going, but there is going to be a lot of resistance along the way. Too many people are making a lot of money with the current system and are not going to want it to change any time soon.
 
Supreme Court Allows Feds To Argue In Aereo Case Next Week

“Motion of the Deputy Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED,” said the SCOTUS yesterday. The granting of the motion comes more than a month and a half after the federal government’s top legal office filed a brief supporting the broadcasters in their showdown with the Barry Diller-backed streaming service. That was followed by the Solicitor General’s office requesting the time to directly make its points.

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dfergie said:
“Motion of the Deputy Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED,” said the SCOTUS yesterday. The granting of the motion comes more than a month and a half after the federal government’s top legal office filed a brief supporting the broadcasters in their showdown with the Barry Diller-backed streaming service. That was followed by the Solicitor General’s office requesting the time to directly make its points.

deadline.com
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Sounding more and more like the circus is coming to town... Everyone and their dog wants to get in on this case.
 
mike123abc said:
That is how it seems to be going, but there is going to be a lot of resistance along the way. Too many people are making a lot of money with the current system and are not going to want it to change any time soon.
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It also sounds like more folks are willing to watch affiliates. From http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/personal/2014/04/19/cutting-the-cord-antennas/7870817/

Antennas are catching on as many consumers wean themselves off of pay-TV services use them to get local channels. Homes with an antenna rose from 20 million in 2012 to 21.5 million in 2013, an increase of 7%, according to tech research firmStrategy Analytics.
Use of antennas is expected to continue "to rise at a decent pace," says Eric Smith, an analyst with the firm. That's because Net TV services such as Netflix and Hulu, delivered via smart TV and devices and set-top boxes such as Apple TV and Roku — and now Amazon Fire TV — are not "the type of things you can rely on exclusively," Smith says. "I think it's more of a supplement to over-the-air broadcasts," he says.
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More people may be "cutting the cord", but I dare say those cutting the cord are cutting satellite/cable.
 
sam_gordon said:
It also sounds like more folks are willing to watch affiliates. From http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/personal/2014/04/19/cutting-the-cord-antennas/7870817/



More people may be "cutting the cord", but I dare say those cutting the cord are cutting satellite/cable.
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The numbers are growing especially with the younger crowd, but there is still too much money at stake with the current system. The TV execs want to extract as much as possible for as long as they can.
 
mike123abc said:
The numbers are growing especially with the younger crowd, but there is still too much money at stake with the current system. The TV execs want to extract as much as possible for as long as they can.
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It's not just TV Execs. How long did cable/satcos collect fees for locals before retransmission fees took affect? How much did cable/satcos collect before the recent "large increases" started taking off?

Of course TV execs want to get as much money as they can. Same with Dish, Direct, TW, Comcast, ATT, etc. EVERY business is going to try to make as much money as they can. Isn't that the point of being in business? To make money? Any business who claims they're doing ANYTHING "for the customer" is full of it.
 
This service lets viewers watch TV wherever they want, when they want (sound familiar?), just by renting a tiny antenna housed remotely. This is the future of content delivery, as more than half of U.S. adults stream content on laptops, and roughly one-third stream content on smartphones and tablets, according to a Consumer Electronics Association study.
Broadcasters maintain that offering over-the-air (OTA) television transmission via a remote service will hurt their business models and it violates the federally established rules for providing OTA broadcasting. Some, like CBS and Fox, have even threatened to pull their OTA signals if the Supreme Court once again decides to support innovation and sides with Aereo. A win for broadcasters would most certainly hinder new technologies from entering the market, giving consumers what they clearly want: flexibility to access content on-demand. The result? Despite the growing number of devices we're now able to use to consume our favorite video content, we would be limited to far fewer choices.

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The article spends way too much time contemplating the Betamax decision as it applies to feature length movies. The revenue model for theater movies is really nothing like the model for network television.

Given the responsibilities that we have placed on local broadcasters, we cannot simply yank away what revenue they do get without providing them with a new revenue model.
 
I have a question if anyone knows...

Do the markets where Aereo is currently in use have "grouped" television transmitters (all the transmitters within a small area)? I could see where that might be a technical requirement for Aereo to function. I'm assuming that's not the case everywhere though. Wouldn't "spread out" transmitters defeat the "group" of mini-antennas Aereo uses?

Does that even make sense?
 
Grouping transmitters is to benefit communities, if stations started moving transmitters to spite Aereo, it seems it would be more trouble than it's worth and would possibly get them in dutch with the FCC
 
LASooner said:
Grouping transmitters is to benefit communities, if stations started moving transmitters to spite Aereo, it seems it would be more trouble than it's worth and would possibly get them in dutch with the FCC
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I'm not suggesting stations would move transmitters. What I'm thinking is Aereo might not work in every market if markets have transmitters that are spaced out.
 
Yes, in that respect there may only be so much expansion Aereo can do, though they could offer only some locals in some locations I suppose.
 
sam_gordon said:
I'm not suggesting stations would move transmitters. What I'm thinking is Aereo might not work in every market if markets have transmitters that are spaced out.
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In the New York Area there are a few channels that you can't receive with your Aereo Antenna. They are minor channels and not any of the Big 4.
 
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