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Aereo and its impact on broadcast television

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Title
Aereo and its impact on broadcast television
Author(s)
Miao, Baihui
Advisor(s)
Salas, Philip W.
Keywords
Television management; Television broadcasting--Technological innovations; Digital television--Technological innovations
Date
2014-09-01
Publisher
Drexel University
Thesis
M.S., Television Management -- Drexel University, 2014
Abstract
This thesis introduces a new form of television distribution developed by Aereo, Inc. Millions of dime-sized antenna have been designed, assembled on circuit boards, shelved together in warehouses, and connected to DVR machines. Each of these antenna, capable of receiving local television channels, can be offered to Internet users who do not have an antenna nearby. Aereo offers the recorded television performances on a near-real-time basis (much like a video streaming service), or on a delayed basis (like an on-line digital video recorder, DVR) (Castaldo, 2014). The technology used by Aereo greatly affects the traditional television broadcasters’ business, and has the potential to harm the profitability of the television industry. Broadcasting companies have filed various local and federal lawsuits against Aereo. Debates have centered on the definition of “public performance” in the Copyright Law’s transmit clause (United States Copyright Law, Chapter 1, 2014), and whether it applies to Aereo. There is no doubt about the ownership of copyright, however, to “publicly perform” the recorded television programs makes it illegal (Nathan, 2012). On June 25, 2014, the United States Supreme Court made a 6-3 decision against Aereo. Upon that decision, Aereo shut down its website and terminated all services (Liptak, 2014). Though this case has been determined, Aereo represents the current trend of the migration from traditional television sets to secondary screens. As of September 5, 2014, Aereo was still seeking alternate solutions so that its services could remain operating legally
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http://hdl.handle.net/1860/idea:6162
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