Aereo Sets Launch Date for Atlanta
Atlanta Will Be the Third City to Launch Aereo's Groundbreaking Technology More Than 5.3 Million Atlanta Metropolitan-Area Consumers Will Have Access to Aereo's Innovative Antenna Technology to Watch Live Television Online Starting June 17, Pre-Registered Consumers Will Begin to Receive Invitations to Join Aereo; General Membership Access Begins on June 24
(firmenpresse) - ATLANTA, GA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/14/13 -- ., today announced plans to launch its groundbreaking online television technology in the Atlanta metropolitan region. Beginning June 17, consumers who have pre-registered with Aereo will receive a special invitation to join and be one of the first to experience Aereo's technology. After June 24, Aereo will make membership available to all eligible consumers across the Atlanta designated market area (DMA), which includes more than 5.3 million consumers in 55 counties across Georgia, Alabama and North Carolina. Atlanta joins Boston as the third city to launch as part of Aereo's announced in January.
"We're grateful and humbled by the continued support we've received from consumers for our technology," said . "The response and enthusiasm from consumers across all of our expansion cities has been phenomenal. It's clear that consumers want more choice and flexibility in how they watch television and they don't want to be fenced into expensive, outdated technology. Aereo's antenna/DVR technology brings the old-fashioned antenna into the 21st Century, providing consumers access to the over-the-air broadcast signals that belong to them. We're thrilled to be coming to Atlanta and look forward to our launch in June."
Aereo's innovative remote (cloud-based) antenna/DVR technology makes watching television simple and user-friendly. Using , consumers can pause, rewind and fast-forward any program that they are watching live, or save a program for future viewing. In Atlanta, there are 27 over-the-air broadcast channels accessible through Aereo's antenna/DVR technology, including major networks such WSB-HD (ABC), WAGA-TV (FOX), WXIA-TV (NBC), WGCL-TV (CBS) and WPBA (PBS); special interest channels such as France24, BounceTV, MyTV, and AntennaTV; and Spanish-language broadcast channels such as Univision, MundoFox, and UniMas. In addition, consumers can also add Bloomberg Television, for a total of 28 channels.
Aereo works on 'smart' devices from tablets to phones to laptop computers. Aereo is on iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Chrome, Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Safari, Opera, AppleTV (via airplay) and Roku devices.
Aereo membership is available to consumers residing in the following counties in Georgia: Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Fulton, Gilmer, Gordon, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jackson, Jasper, Lamar, Lumpkin, Madison, Meriwether, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Polk, Putnam, Rabun, Rockdale, Spalding, Towns, Troup, Union, Upson, Walton and White; Clay County in North Carolina; and Cleburne and Randolph counties in Alabama.
Virginia Lam, Aereo, Inc.
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