If Dish network and Aereo win, broadcast TV dies. -

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big_e join:2011-03-05 Reviews: ·Comcast ·Frontier Communi..	If Dish network and Aereo win, broadcast TV dies. Should the networks lose both the Dish Hopper and the Aereo lawsuits I would expect the networks to quickly move as much as of their programming as possible to cable and let their affiliates go bankrupt. No sense for them to spend billions of dollars per year on programming costs if the fact that something is transmitted OTA leaves a huge legal loophole for a third party to both strip out all the ads and redistribute their product without paying them a single dime.
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Androidian join:2012-12-14 Purcellville, VA Reviews: ·Comcast	I hardly think it's the death knell for broadcast TV. Maybe it will force some changes to their business model - like, for instance, using more product placement in their shows instead of giving us 10 minutes of commercials every half hour that we all have a right to skip. It's not a legal loophole; it's good business. People want to watch television without harassment, and companies are just trying to figure out ways to give that to them. -- A sane approach to our federal budget: NO tax increases / 15% cuts across-the-board / defunding of all ObamaCare-enacted programs.
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Aereo Beats Back Networks in Streaming TV Case > If Dish network and Aereo win, broadcast TV dies.