Aereo
Company type | Private |
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Founded | February 2012 |
Defunct | November 21, 2014 |
Fate | Bankruptcy, assets and intellectual property later acquired by TiVo |
Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Various US cities |
Key people | Chet Kanojia (Founder and CEO) |
Products | Over-the-air television on Internet-connected devices |
Website | Official website |
Aereo was a technology company based in
On June 25, 2014, the
Service
Aereo leased each user an individual antenna and
As of June 2012, the service offered 28 channels, including all major broadcast channels. In August 2012, the company announced new monthly and yearly pricing options, $1 a day, and "Aereo Try for Free". Monthly plans started at $8 for 20 hours of DVR storage; there were also yearly subscriptions.[19]
Availability
The service was originally available to customers in the
Reception
Reviews of Aereo were positive,
Legal challenges
Cable companies are required by the 1992
In somewhat similar cases, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted an injunction against Aereo's rival FilmOn, a similar service. However, the district court's injunction is only legally binding in its jurisdiction (including the West Coast of the continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii) and is currently being appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Other competitors have been blocked from providing service in Los Angeles and Seattle by similar injunctions.[31]
On June 25, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Aereo's services breached copyright laws. It ruled that, "viewed in terms of Congress’ regulatory objectives, these behind-the-scenes technological differences do not distinguish Aereo’s system from cable systems, which do perform publicly", and that "insofar as there are differences, those differences concern not the nature of the service that Aereo provides so much as the technological manner in which it provides the service."
After that decision, the company and its lawyers reversed legal strategy, arguing that they are entitled to a mandatory copyright license as a cable system, since the Supreme Court had ruled that they were one.[32] The US Copyright office issued a letter disagreeing with the argument, but leaving it up to the courts to make a final decision.[33] The district court later agreed with the Copyright Office that Aereo was not entitled to a cable compulsory license and granted a preliminary injunction against the service.[34]
See also
References
- ^ "Contact". Aereo. Archived from the original on 2014-06-28.
- ^ a b c Boehret, Katherine. "Aereo Shines With Live TV on the Go". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Aereo Announces $20.5M Series A Financing Led by IAC; New Technology Platform Allows Consumers Access to Live TV Over the Internet".
- ^ Stelter, Brian (February 14, 2012). "New Service Will Stream Local TV Stations in New York". The New York Times.
- ^ a b "Aereo loses to broadcasters in Supreme Court fight for its life". The Verge. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ^ Breyer, J (June 2014). "American Broadcasting Company, et al. v. Aereo Inc" (PDF).
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(help) - ^ a b "Aereo to suspend service at 11:30 EST today". The Verge. 28 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ^ "Aero Chapter 11 Voluntary Petition" (PDF). PacerMonitor. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ Crook, Jordan (November 21, 2014). "Aereo Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy". TechCrunch. AOL. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- ^ Perez, Sarah (13 March 2014). "TiVo Receives Approval To Acquire Aereo Assets". TechCrunch. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^ "TiVo Acquires Aereo Assets". TiVo Press Releases. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^ a b c "Aereo is leaving the courts dazed and confused – Fortune Tech". Tech.fortune.cnn.com. 2012-05-21. Archived from the original on 2013-05-21. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
- ^ Moskovciak, Matthew. "Aereo brings over-the-air TV to the cloud". CNET. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ^ Stewart, Christopher. "High Noon for Diller's Aereo". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ Fung, Amanda. "Tech startup wheels into ex-tire plant". Crains New York. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ Aereo Browser Viewing Archived October 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Will Aereo work on Linux Archived June 25, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Falcone, John P. (January 24, 2013). "Updated Aereo app adds improved live TV streaming to Roku | Internet & Media – CNET News". News.cnet.com. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
- ^ Warren, Christina (2 August 2012). "Aereo Makes Cutting the Cord Even Easier, And Cheaper". Mashable. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ^ "Aereo Will Expand Into Utah On August 19". 22 July 2013.
- ^ Tweet from @AereoSupport
- ^ "Here's how many subscribers Aereo had last year". 21 July 2014.
- ^ Wice, Nathaniel. "A Cord Cutter's Dream Come True". Barrons. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ^ Deleon, Nicholas. "MIXED SIGNALS Streaming TV startup Aereo, bane of broadcast networks, gets it mostly right". The Daily. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ Aguilar, Mario (14 March 2012). "Aereo Hands-On: Watch Broadcast TV Wherever and Whenever You Want". Gizmodo. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ Warren, Christina. "Aereo Gives New Yorkers Online Access to Live TV [HANDS ON]". Mashable. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ Greenwald, Will. "Aereo Review & Rating". PCMag.com. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
- ^ Kang, Cecelia. "As users flock to iTunes, Hulu and Netflix, TV stations struggle to survive". Washington Post. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ "CBS Keeps Broadcast Profitable Atop Retransmission, Syndication Fees ... For Now". Seeking Alpha. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
- ^ Sandoval, Greg (3 June 2012). "A bet that Diller-backed Aereo TV startup wins its day in court". CNET. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
- ^ "Aereo, amid challenges, looks ahead to possibilities". FierceOnlineVideo. August 28, 2013. Archived from the original on October 1, 2013. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
- ^ Alspach, Kyle (July 10, 2014). "Aereo's rebirth as a cable service is far from a sure thing". BetaBoston. Archived from the original on July 21, 2014. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ^ Snider, Mike (July 17, 2014). "Aereo gets discouraging response from Copyright Office". USA Today. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ^ Bill Donahue (October 23, 2014). "Aereo Can't Use Compulsory License, Judge Says". Law360.
External links
- Aereo – official site
- "Aereo TV: Barely Legal By Design". Harvard Business Review. March 2013.
- "Aereo and FilmOn X: Internet Television Streaming and Copyright Law" (PDF). Congressional Research Service.
- Supreme Court Briefs for ABC, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc. at the American Bar Association
- Argument Audio Archived 2014-09-01 at the Wayback Machine and Argument Transcript for ABC v. Aereo at the US Supreme Court