{"id":5517,"date":"2014-02-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2014\/02\/20\/aereo-blocked-in-several-states\/"},"modified":"2014-02-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T00:00:00","slug":"aereo-blocked-in-several-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/aereo-blocked-in-several-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Aereo Blocked in Several States"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\tSALT LAKE CITY: A federal judge in Utah has blocked the controversial TV streaming outfit Aereo from operating in several states, ahead of a U.S. Supreme court hearing in April.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball in Salt Lake City issued a preliminary injunction, ruling that Aereo's retransmission of video signals is indistinguishable from a cable company. The decision involved what the court calls the "balance of harm," as each company is claiming that the other's actions could irreparably damage its business in a significant way.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe injunction will prohibit Aereo from transmitting in Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, Wyoming and Montana.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing arguments in the Aereo case on April 22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SALT LAKE CITY: A federal judge in Utah has blocked the controversial TV streaming outfit Aereo from operating in several states, ahead of a U.S. Supreme court hearing in April. The U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball in Salt Lake City issued a preliminary injunction, ruling that Aereo's retransmission of video signals is indistinguishable from a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n