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Internet TV
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Future Lawyer
Broadcast TV Is Dead. Long Live Internet TV. Plex Is Here.
By rickgeorges
Plex TV. Well, the end is near. For $4.99 a month, the Plex apps provide 80+ channels of live TV, plus movies, and doubles as a media server for the…
The Right Coast
“Success” on YouTube still means a life of poverty – Hot Air
If you re a series regular on a network TV show, you re getting a good amount of money, said Alice Marwick, an assistant professor of communication at the University…
Media Law Prof Blog
The FCC and Online TV Services
The National Journal on growing resistance to the FCC's plan to regulate online TV services.
ContractsProf Blog
The Legal War on Traditional Cable Companies Continues
Remember Aereo, the company trying to provide select TV programs and movies using alternatives to traditional cable TV programming? That company went bankrupt after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last…
Broadcast Law Blog
A Compulsory License for Internet TV Platforms to Retransmit Broadcast TV? One US District Court Considering FilmOnX Seems to Think So
Over-the-top video systems, using the Internet to transmit over-the-air TV signals to consumers, are back in the news. Last week, a US District Court Judge in the Central District…
Media Law Prof Blog
Looking At the “Aereo” Decision
Ira Steven Nathenson, St. Thomas University School of Law, is publishing Airing Aereo's Errors: Why the Supreme Court's Internet Television Decision Should Be ‘Cancelled’ in volume 2 of the Journal of…
SDNY Blog
Supreme Court Rules Against Aereo Internet TV Service
In a case originating from the Southern District (see our prior coverage here), the Supreme Court today ruled 6-3 that Aereo, a company that streams live broadcast television over the…
The Contingency
High Court Blocks Internet TV
No more over-the-air TV on your laptop? The Supreme Court today struck a mighty blow against Internet television. Firms that beam television programs to Internet users for a fee now…
Communications, Media & Entertainment
Federal Appeals Court Halts Aereo in Lead-Up to Supreme Court’s Decision
A federal judge dealt a major blow to Aereo and future of Internet television months before the company heads to the Supreme Court. [caption id="attachment_500832" align="alignright" width="380"] Credit - Flickr…
SDNY Blog
Supreme Court Grants Cert to Review Legality of Aereo Internet-TV Service
The Supreme Court today granted certiorari to review the legality of Aereo, a service that streams live broadcast television over the internet (with a slight delay). In July 2012, Judge…