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Barry Diller Says Aereo Will Be In “Every Major American City” By End Of 2013

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Thursday July 12, 2012 @ 1:43pm PDTTags: Aereo, Barry Diller, Sun Valley conference

Broadcasters who are already furious with Barry Diller’s $20.5M investment in Aereo may soon become even angrier. He tells Bloomberg TV from the Allen & Co retreat in Sun Valley that by the end of next year the service will expand from New York to “every major American city.” ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBCUniversal are among the companies suing Aereo, saying it infringes on their copyrights by streaming their signals without compensation. Aereo says stations already offer broadcasts for free. A federal judge seemed to side with Aereo yesterday when she allowed it to keep doing business while the case proceeds.

Related:
Aereo’s Victory Could Eventually Upend Retransmission Consent, Analysts Warn
Aereo Beats Broadcasters’ Effort To Take It Down Pending Trial
Aereo Is “Unlikely” To Survive Broadcaster Suit: Moody’s
Aereo Asks Court To Reject Broadcasters’ Effort To Block The Service
Broadcasters Ask The Court To Block Aereo, Alleging Copyright Infringement

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No Showbiz Panel At 2012 Camp Allen

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday July 10, 2012 @ 4:39pm PDTTags: Rupert Murdoch, Sun Valley conference, Thomas Tull

Hollywood moguls are arriving at the annual Allen & Co investment conference in Sun Valley starting today — but I don’t know why. It’ll be another non-showbiz snorefest. Because there’s not a single entertainment panel on the official schedule. Instead my … Read More »

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