If a service that snags OTA transmissions out of the air (using a Rube Goldberg device, for legal reasons) and then shoves them over the internet is commercially viable, I have a sneaky plan: shut down the 'OTA transmission' and 'ridiculous antenna farm' parts of the process and just sell streaming video over the internet. Win-win. The OTA guys don't need depend on shaking down the cable companies and ad-spamming their customers for money; because they can just have subscribers, and the goofy unnecessary infrastructure intricacies can be removed, saving money and spectrum for everyone.
Because it's probably only commercially viable if you don't actually have to pay to produce the the content you're shoving over the internet.
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If a service that snags OTA transmissions out of the air (using a Rube Goldberg device, for legal reasons) and then shoves them over the internet is commercially viable, I have a sneaky plan: shut down the 'OTA transmission' and 'ridiculous antenna farm' parts of the process and just sell streaming video over the internet. Win-win. The OTA guys don't need depend on shaking down the cable companies and ad-spamming their customers for money; because they can just have subscribers, and the goofy unnecessary infrastructure intricacies can be removed, saving money and spectrum for everyone.
Because it's probably only commercially viable if you don't actually have to pay to produce the the content you're shoving over the internet.
So you want the broadcasters to shrivel up & die.. That would leave Aereo with nothing to retransmit. Who wins then? Certainly not the consumer!
If he takes your lemonade without compensating you, then sells it for his own profit.. What would you do then?