http://videomind.ooyala.com/blog/aereo-nets-34m-funding-will-it-cover-legal-bills-or-go-toward-growth?goback=%2Egde_41877_member_5826603464536399872#%21
It doesn't matter if it is for expansion...or legal bills....or a combination of both. It still needs to get paid back and offset against revenue.
My point being is are there enough people willing to pay $8 a month for mobile viewing of content I can get for free or if interested in just place shifting....aren't smart enough to buy a TiVo.
I really don't believe that Aereo is the "next wave" of anything because as soon as they start trying to buy additional content...the content owners will start charging them cable provider fees which turns Aereo into "yet another cable provider".
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Aereo - I still dont get what the big deal is.
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/215571/cablevision-says-aereo-equivalent-to-cable-syste.html?
Cablevision wants it known that it's no fan of Aereo, the online video company that streams over-the-air TV shows to paying subscribers' iPhones, iPads and other devices.
This week, Cablevision released a 43-page white paper in which it condemns Aereo for transmitting TV programs without a license. The cable giant essentially argues that Aereo is acting like a cable company and therefore should have to pay the same retransmission fees as cable companies.
I'm still yet to get why its a big deal, Aereo is only able to display "broadcast FTA content"......the same content anyone can get for free with a pair of bunny ears.
Its not like they will ever be able to deliver the cableco content for free.....and you have economies of scale.
If someone wants to pay $8 a month to watch my content and my commercials then all power to you.
As for TimeWarner/Cablevision etc being upset that they pay to deliver this same content because they are a cableco.....yep but if you replicated Aereo's platform then you could have the same zero bill retransmission fee.......but it will be more costly than using your "single wire" system so I wouldn't.
This is like someone inventing the propeller plane and then getting upset when Jumbo's came about....don't.....use this to push down your own transmission fees you are paying to broadcasters - heck they display enough ads...you should be getting it for free..
Cablevision wants it known that it's no fan of Aereo, the online video company that streams over-the-air TV shows to paying subscribers' iPhones, iPads and other devices.
This week, Cablevision released a 43-page white paper in which it condemns Aereo for transmitting TV programs without a license. The cable giant essentially argues that Aereo is acting like a cable company and therefore should have to pay the same retransmission fees as cable companies.
I'm still yet to get why its a big deal, Aereo is only able to display "broadcast FTA content"......the same content anyone can get for free with a pair of bunny ears.
Its not like they will ever be able to deliver the cableco content for free.....and you have economies of scale.
If someone wants to pay $8 a month to watch my content and my commercials then all power to you.
As for TimeWarner/Cablevision etc being upset that they pay to deliver this same content because they are a cableco.....yep but if you replicated Aereo's platform then you could have the same zero bill retransmission fee.......but it will be more costly than using your "single wire" system so I wouldn't.
This is like someone inventing the propeller plane and then getting upset when Jumbo's came about....don't.....use this to push down your own transmission fees you are paying to broadcasters - heck they display enough ads...you should be getting it for free..
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