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Broadcast TV network Fox could become a subscription service that customers would have to pay for if the courts are not able to protect Fox's business from the startup Aereo, News Corp Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey said on Monday.
Carey's comments come a week after a U.S. appeals court rejected a petition by the major broadcasters to stop the online service Aereo, which offers a cut-rate TV subscription for consumers by capturing broadcast signals over thousands of antennas at one time.
"If we can't have our rights properly protected through those legal and political avenues, we will pursue business solutions. One such business solution would be to take the network and turn it into a subscription service," said Carey, speaking at the National Association of Broadcasters show in Las Vegas.
News Corp owns Fox and Monday's comments represent the most drastic action threatened by a broadcaster so far in regards to the Aereo case. The television industry is closely watching the case to see whether it could disrupt the traditional TV model.
The industry sees Aereo and other similar services as a threat to its ability to control subscription fees and generate advertising income, its two main sources of revenue.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/08/news-corp-fox-cable-aereo_n_3038921.html?utm_hp_ref=media
Richardo
(38,391 posts)Yes INDEED.
Champion Jack
(5,378 posts)Leslie Valley
(310 posts)I've never seen a full episode of any of them, must not be in the demo.
American Dad
American Idol
Animation Domination
Ben and Kate
Bob's Burgers
Bones
The Cleveland Show
Cops
Family Guy
The Following
Fringe
Glee
Hell's Kitchen
Hotel Hell
Kitchen Nightmares
MasterChef
The Mindy Project
The Mob Doctor
New Girl
Raising Hope
The Simpsons
So You Think You Can Dance
Touch
The X Factor
onenote
(42,383 posts)I watch very few shows on Fox, but I'm not such an elitist as to explain the fact that people can have different tastes by assuming that what others watch -- sometimes in very large numbers -- must be garbage.
Also, I don't think the Simpsons or Family Guy are "garbage" and when it was part of the Fox schedule, I used to watch House with some regularity.
And I don't hesitate to watch Fox during football season for NFL games, or during baseball season for MLB games, including in some years the World Series and the Super Bowl.
But as I said, tastes may differ.
Finally, the "threat" that Fox might terminate its broadcast operations is puffery. Eventually it may happen, but not because of Aereo which currently has all of around 3000 customers and will have to fight lawsuits everywhere it launches for the next couple of years until the Supreme Court finally resolves its legality or Congress deals with it (and in a legislative fight between Aereo and the broadcast industry do you really want to bet against the broadcast industry?)
dsc
(52,130 posts)and very close to being the longest ever. Glee was the second network show to ever have a gay teen and is the only show to have said gay teen on for any length of time. House was a great show. I don't apologize for watching any of them.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Don't wait do it!!!!