Outspoken supplier Antennas Direct is offering 1,000 free...
Outspoken supplier Antennas Direct is offering 1,000 free ClearStream 2 Complete antennas to Aereo subscribers willing to pay a $10 shipping fee and upload their Aereo billing statements. The offer was publicized in NAB emails Thursday to reporters “covering the…
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Supreme Court’s decision finding that Aereo infringes on broadcasters’ copyrights” (CD June 26 p1). The ClearStream 2 Complete lists for $129 at the Antennas Direct website. “Aereo Customers,” reads the online offer (http://bit.ly/1j0veDD): “We have a solution to the Supreme Court ruling that resulted in the loss of your local broadcast television: A FREE antenna from Antennas Direct.” The company on the day of the decision pulled no punches in a blog post hailing the Supreme Court ruling that days later forced Aereo to suspend its business (http://bit.ly/1lWJ7Tb). “We invite you to join us today in dancing on Aereo’s grave,” the post said. “Aereo is not actually a company,” but a “hobby backed by bloated investors,” it said. “It has not actually sustained itself and made money. It took large amounts of cash and blew them on legal fees. For the millions they have invested in lawyers, Antennas Direct could have supplied scores of Americans with the ability to start watching television right now for free."