Online Video: Barry Diller to Pitch Aereo Service to Senate this Week

  • Barry Diller will make the case for his new Aereo service in a presentation to the Senate Commerce Committee on Tuesday.
  • His testimony is expected to make the case for time-shiftable television signals via the Internet as a “natural progression of video delivery,” reports Broadcasting & Cable, adding that the future of online video is “more content, more choice, more control, and more online access to broadcast TV signals via his new service, Aereo.”
  • “While innovation and competition can and should flourish in the online environment,” Diller says, “it is important to protect and preserve the consumer’s right to access free over-the-air broadcast television.”
  • “Even with the rise of cable channels and networks,” he adds, “the most popular television programming remains that which is distributed by the major broadcast networks.”
  • Diller also makes the point that content creators sued to block the VCR, which ultimately proved to be a lucrative market for them.

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