Aereo

Fox Sues To Shut Down Aereo Copycat Over TV Streaming

“Broadcasters have been battling for months to shut down Aereo, a service that uses dime-size antennas to stream TV to Apple devices. Now, the fight has taken a strange new twist. On Friday, Fox Networks filed a new suit against a start-up called BarryDriller.com (a play on the name of TV mogul and Aereo investor Barry Diller). BarryDriller charges $5.95 a month to supply personal antennas that let subscribers ‘scan the airwaves and tune the antenna to receive whichever broadcast station signal the subscriber chooses.’”

– Fox Sues To Shut Down Aereo Copycat Over TV Streaming

Monday
13
August 2012
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Broadcast Stations Sue Aereo Over Web TV Plans

“The owners of four New York-area TV stations have sued Aereo, the start-up that plans to give users Web access to live broadcast TV. Aereo, which has raised $25 million from backers including Barry Diller’s IAC and venture investors like First Round Capital, has been expecting copyright challenges from the TV industry. It argues that its technology is legal because individual users will be getting streamed TV from their own individual antennas. One of the plaintiffs, Fox Television Stations, is owned by News Corp., which also owns this Web site.”

– Broadcast Stations Sue Aereo Over Web TV Plans

Thursday
08
March 2012
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