Ask HN: Could Netflix circumvent cable by broadcasting over the air? (Aereo)
A few years ago in the mid to late 2000s, Google was interested in bidding on over-air broadcast waves that were no longer being used by the government. The assumed motivation behind the bidding was Google&#x27;s entrance into the data distribution industry to compete directly with cellular phone providers.<p>If private companies can purchase certain over-air broadcast waves, what&#x27;s to stop a holding company owned by Netflix to purchase a channel and stream directly to each person&#x27;s home.