Aereo Faces New Legal Battle from Fox, Sinclair and Local TV

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AereoUnsurprisingly, TV broadcasters don’t like that Aereo is taking the content they provide freely over-the-air and putting it on the Internet for everyone to enjoy. The startup is currently embroiled in a number of court cases over its product, and now that legal battle enters a new arena with Fox Broadcasting Co., Sinclair Broadcast Group and Local TV launching a new Federal Court suit. This is the third such venue for the legal altercation between Aereo and its detractors, with previous cases landing in U.S. District courts in New York and Boston, too. Aereo’s opponents are simply following the startup as it expands to new markets in the U.S., opening up a new case with each launch. Aereo offers smartphone, tablet and other connected device owners a small antenna that can receive terrestrial TV signals, for watching live TV on their gadgets, as well as cloud-DVR services for recording said content for later viewing.

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