Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Aereo is dead, so what's next for television?


The broadcast industry can breathe again: Aereo — the startup that streamed broadcast TV over the internet for cheap — is dead. Or at least, the incarnation of Aereo that wasn’t paying copyright fees is dead, thanks to a Supreme Court ruling this morning. So what happens now?


A decision in favor of Aereo would have changed things quite a bit for the television industry, but today’s ruling means back to business as usual. While some have raised fears that the opinion will impact cloud computing services, the Court intended for the ruling to apply narrowly to Aereo.


"It just means you can expect more of the same," says Michael Greeson, president of The Diffusion Group, a research firm focused on the future of TV. "The broadcasters won...


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