Aereo will expand its streaming service to Columbus and Cincinnati,...
Aereo will expand its streaming service to Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, Indianapolis and San Antonio, the company said in a news release (http://bit.ly/18VZ3JF). Aereo already streams broadcast TV in New York, Boston, Atlanta, Salt Lake City, Miami, Houston and Dallas,…
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the release said. The new cities join Aereo’s list of target cities for 2013 and 2014, which includes Washington, Chicago, Philadelphia and Denver, Aereo said. CEO Chet Kanojia said the cities were added to the expansion list because of customer demand. “Consumers are tired of being pawns in the tug-of-war between big businesses,” said Kanojia. “They deserve better.” Customers who live in the Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and San Antonio metropolitan areas -- or those in other targeted expansion cities -- can pre-register at Aereo.com to receive “priority access” to Aereo when it launches in their location. “Launch dates for these cities will be announced later this year,” said the release. The company is involved in ongoing copyright infringement lawsuits in federal courts in New York and Boston, where Hearst Broadcasting has asked for a preliminary injunction barring the service from streaming copyrighted content. No ruling on that injunction request has been made, according to court documents.