CBS Network Could Switch to Cable Should Aereo Win Legal Case
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The CBS television network could go off the air and become a cable channel if courts don’t stop the Internet startup Aereo Inc. from retransmitting shows such as “NCIS” without permission.
“We’ve spoken to cable operators in New York. We can do it in a few days,” Leslie Moonves, chief executive officer of the network’s parent CBS Corp., said yesterday at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California.