--- title: Aereo's Supreme Court Ruling Could Change the Way You Watch TV description: S startup Aereo could revolutionize the way we watch our favorite programming, but its future is in the hands of the Supreme Court. canonical: https://time.com/2909559/aereo-supreme-court-television/ author: Alex Fitzpatrick article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-23T00:00:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:02:36.358Z article:section: Business og:title: Aereo's Supreme Court Ruling Could Change the Way You Watch TV og:description: S startup Aereo could revolutionize the way we watch our favorite programming, but its future is in the hands of the Supreme Court. og:url: https://time.com/2909559/aereo-supreme-court-television/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74498dbcda3b03a5/698698b43bc99940451a4333/aereo_antenna_array1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Aereo Antenna Array og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Aereo's Supreme Court Ruling Could Change the Way You Watch TV twitter:description: S startup Aereo could revolutionize the way we watch our favorite programming, but its future is in the hands of the Supreme Court. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74498dbcda3b03a5/698698b43bc99940451a4333/aereo_antenna_array1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # WATCH: What Aereo's Supreme Court Case Means For You by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/) and [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) Jun 23, 2014 12:00 AM CUT  Aereo customers each get access to one of these tiny antennae. Aereo customers each get access to one of these tiny antennae.Aereo by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/) and [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) Jun 23, 2014 12:00 AM CUT Television streaming startup Aereo could revolutionize the way we watch our favorite programming, but its future is in the hands of the Supreme Court, which is set to decide in the coming days whether Aereo’s streaming methods are legal. Want to know more about Aereo and what the case will mean for you? Watch TIME’s explainer video above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2909559/aereo-supreme-court-television/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2909559/aereo-supreme-court-television/"},"headline":"WATCH: What Aereo's Supreme Court Case Means For You","datePublished":"2014-06-23T00:00:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:36.358Z","description":"The way you watch television could hang in the balance","url":"https://time.com/2909559/aereo-supreme-court-television/","keywords":["Tech","Law","Aereo"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74498dbcda3b03a5/698698b43bc99940451a4333/aereo_antenna_array1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Fitzpatrick","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74498dbcda3b03a5/698698b43bc99940451a4333/aereo_antenna_array1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Aereo Antenna Array","caption":"Aereo Antenna Array","creditText":"Aereo","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2909559/aereo-supreme-court-television/","name":"WATCH: What Aereo's Supreme Court Case Means For You"}}]}] ```