[For those who don't keep this sort of information in the back of their
head, San Antonio (population 1.4 M) is the 7th largest city in the US.
Houston (population 2.2 M) is in 4th place; Dallas (population 1.2 M)
ranks 9th nationally.]
Aereo to Launch This Month In San Antonio
By Philip Swann
TVPredictions.com
http://www.tvpredictions.com/aereo020314.htm
Washington, D.C. (February 3, 2014) - Aereo, which is being sued by the
networks for copyright infringement, is scheduled to begin local TV
channel service this month in San Antonio, the company's 12th market.
The company said it will launch in San Antonio on February 19 and
service will be offered to the following San Antonio area counties:
Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, De Witt, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Goliad,
Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, La Salle, Lavaca, McMullen,
Medina, Real, Uvalde, Wilson and Zavala.
Aereo's San Antonio service will include the following channels: KSAT
(ABC), WOAI (NBC), KENS (CBS), KABB (Fox), KMYS (CW) and KLRN (PBS). In
addition, subscribers will be able to watch MeTV, LiveWell, Create,
JCTC, Trinity Broadcasting, Qubo, Smile of a Child, and Spanish-language
channels UniMás, UniVision, Telemundo and Exitos TV.
The U.S. Supreme Court announced last month that it will hear the appeal
of the broadcast networks who are trying to stop Aereo from selling
local TV channels without their permission.
Aereo, which also called for the Supreme Court to rule on the legality
of its service, streams broadcast network signals to mobile devices
using small antennas stored in warehouses. The company offers local
channel service starting at $8 per month.
The networks claim the company is violating their copyrights because
it's selling their local channel content without their permission or
compensation. Aereo says it should be able to transmit the signals
because they available for free via over-the-air antennas sold at
retail. Aereo has thus far won each legal battle in the lower courts.
Aereo had planned to be in 22 markets by the end of 2013. But Aereo says
it now plans to add five new markets in the first quarter of this year,
which would bring its overall total to 15.
The company also revealed on Twitter last Friday that it's run out of
capacity for more subscribers in New York, which basically means that it
has run out of the antennas needed to transmit the signals over the Net.
Each subscriber is assigned an antenna, which is stored in an
Aereo-controlled building.
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