Besides Dish's Ad Hopper, Aereo, the TV streaming service in NYC has caused the biggest disruption in the traditional TV world. Recently, broadcasters failed to do anything about Aereo in court. The company has big goals as they offer broadcast channels on a subscription basis to consumers in a Netflix-type model. Aereo also has social features built within their app that we recently talked about with their CEO. Today, the company is announcing a new pricing model...

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A federal judge has denied a preliminary injunction filed by the "big four" broadcasters in an attempt to block Aereo, a Barry Diller-funded startup that streams over-the-air programming. Reuters reports that the judge agreed that broadcasters demonstrated they faced irreparable harm, but Aereo also showed it would be harmed, as well. The judge concluded the "balance of hardships" did not "decidedly" tip in the broadcasters' favor.

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There's a new Kickstarter project focused on innovating TV, and they're only $10,000 short of reaching their goal of $125,000 with 24 days left. Simple.TV, which won a best-of-show award at CES, is on a mission to have you cut your traditional cord in favor of streaming free HD content from broadcasters to your phones, tablets and connected TV sets. We spoke with founder Mark Ely about his venture...

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A few months ago, Aereo debuted in NYC, a Barry Diller-backed technology company that allows you to access broadcast television via iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Roku for $12/month. The idea of bringing linear broadcast to your devices and surpassing an MSO is pretty big and disruptive. Like Napster, BitTorrent and other technology companies attempting to innovate and disrupt...

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