Mediagazer: Aereo simplifies pricing plans by ditching day passes & annual memberships (Sean Ludwig/VentureBeat)

11:55 AM ET, May 13, 2013

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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

How ABC plans to use live streaming and the cloud to challenge Aereo — This week, ABC is taking the fight against Aereo to the New York-based startup's home turf: the network will start streaming its entire programming schedule in real-time to viewers in New York and Philadelphia.

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Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat:

Aereo simplifies pricing plans by ditching day passes & annual memberships — Streaming TV startup Aereo has modified its pricing plans to now only offer memberships at $8 per month or $12 per month. — Aereo offers streams of over-the-air broadcasts from channels like ABC, CBS, NBC …

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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

New research finds 92 percent of news consumption is still on legacy platforms — Here is a surprising statistic from leading consultants McKinsey and Company: When you measure news consumption in the U.S. by time spent, rather than raw audience numbers, digital platforms are getting only 8 percent of the action.

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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

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