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Aereo: Pay for free TV

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Aereo: Pay for free TV

Hardly any expect broadcasters themselves to pull the plug. Yet Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. (NWS) said on April 8 that it may end Fox's 26-year run as a free broadcast direct if U.S. courts continue to allow Web startup Aereo to retransmit its costly

In a Q&A with CNET's Marguerite Reardon, Boxee CEO Avner Ronen talks about the latest translation of the company's product, the future of cord-cutting, as well as the Aereo controversy and what would happen if Apple competed head-to-head with Boxee.

Take Aereo, for example, which is taking live television signals and delivering them over the Web, further blurring the line between traditional and Internet TV. Thanks to a morsel of technological wizardry, the company is able to offer things you might

A startup called Aereo is promising customers access to live broadcast television on their computers for $12 a month — or just $80 per year.

If Fox makes excellent on its threat to yank its signal and go all-cable because of Aereo, it would upend the already-chaotic TV industry.

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