Aereo Decision Alert

[Yespage]

This is law for you. Honestly, there were a number of ways they could go. Each having a proper "logic" in itself. I turned around my position on it from where SCOTUS ruled after a thorough thread at this forum.

This feels similar to IRS cases, where someone feels they found a perfect loophole. But in the end, the spirit of the law trumps the letter of the law.

 

[whitewolf8214]

The FCC backs Aereo and the right of consumers to break the bundle
Oct 29 2014, 13:22 ET | By: Clark Schultz, SA News Editor [Contact this editor with comments or a news tip]

A bid by Aereo to be defined as a cable provider gained support from the FCC with a new proposal out this week which was described in a blog post written by Chairman Tom Wheeler.
The agency supports "open access" for consumers to high-speed broadband delivery and the right of over-the-top firms to offer programming owned by pay-TV providers and broadcasters.
In essence, the FCC thinks the bundled pay-TV model should be broken so that consumers will not be forced to pay for channels they never watch.
What to watch: Though Aero isn't likely to be the ultimate pay-TV disrupter without the deep pockets to license content, the position of the FCC opens the door for other Internet video players to emerge and chips away at the bundled channels model. http://seekingalpha.com/news/207122...t-of-consumers-to-break-the-bundle#email_link Tech Transitions, Video, and the Future http://www.fcc.gov/blog/tech-transitions-video-and-future

 

[Yespage]

So the FCC didn't back Aereo then... and their business model wouldn't work because it hinged on selling a product the courts view, they didn't have appropriate rights to. Aereo prices would go up quite a bit if they had to pay for the channels they distributed.

 

[Juan]

So the FCC didn't back Aereo then... and their business model wouldn't work because it hinged on selling a product the courts view, they didn't have appropriate rights to. Aereo prices would go up quite a bit if they had to pay for the channels they distributed.

No..they would get the low low cable discount rate

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