Chet Kanojia, Aereo's founder and CEO, strolls past the rows and rows of DVRs, TV antennas, and transcoders, and smiles when he recalls how network TV execs once claimed that all the buzzing and blinking equipment in Aereo's Brooklyn headquarters was a sham.
With the help of thousands of dime-sized antennas, Aereo captures over-the-air TV broadcast signals, converts them into computer data, and then streams the video over the internet to subscribers — all without paying broadcasters a dime. Last year, a group of 17 TV programmers filed a lawsuit that accused Aereo of copyright violations. To everyone but Kanojia's surprise, two federal courts, including the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals, decided in Aereo's favor, clearing the way...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/27/4466866/aereo-ceo-talks-up-his-tech-prepares-chicago-launch
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