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A startup backed by media billionaire Barry Diller has launched a amenities that sends live local TV feeds to iPhones and iPads. But the help may be short-lived, since TV stations are likely to challenge its right to use their broadcasts.
The usage, Aereo, launched in New York this week, but it is available only by invitation. It hopes to broaden access to more people next month, and then skiff in other cities.
Subscribers pay $12 per month and use their web browsers to access streams from 27 town channels, including the major broadcast networks ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox. For now, the service works only on iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches, but Aereo is planning to create it accessible to PC browsers and Android-powered phones as well.
In a test by an Associated Push reporter, the service provided high-quality streams over Wi-Fi to an iPad, but often it wouldn't show isolated channels. The company says kinks are still being worked out of the system.
Aereo has more than $25 million in hazard capital backing, with more than $20 million of it coming from a funding pear-shaped led by InterActiveCorp., which owns Match.com, Ask.com and other websites.
Source: msnbc.com