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Aereo TV War of Attrition: From Courts To Congress?

Aereo has good reason to worry about any war of attrition with broadcasters. Even if the TV-over-Internet startup wins its legal battle vs. ABC, CBS (CBS), Fox and NBC, there’s a good chance Congress would then step in, analysts say. Aereo, which has won two federal court rulings, on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear TV broadcasters’ appeal. ABC owner Walt Disney (DIS), CBS, Twenty-First Century Fox (FOXA) and NBC owner Comcast (CMCSA)

Time Warner Cable-CBS Riff Led Cable Subscriber Loss

Pay-TV subscribers fled Time Warner Cable (TWC) during its month-long blackout dispute with CBS (CBS) in August, resulting in the highest quarterly losses ever for any multi-channel video provider. Time Warner Cable lost 304,000 subscribers in Q3, and the top nine U.S. cable companies — which account for the great majority of the market — in all had a net loss of 600,643 subscribers in the quarter, Leichtman Research Group said in a research