is i think growing up we always thought of broadcast networks as the tv that is sort of free to all of us, as kind of a public commons. over the years it s become more and more expensive to watch tv. these channels are packaged and repackaged by cabling companies. what s the harm of having a company able to bring back that former experience, the experience of being able to watch broadcast tv for at least a very low cost, if not for free? for broadcasters this isn t about consumers. i mean, they want to still offer their signals to consumers. they get most of their money off advertising, which requires them to get a lot of consumers to watch them. they re really concerned about more the business side of this, which is that they don t want people to evade their ability to capture fees from them. they don t want the cable companies to not have to pay them fees. they don t want to allow these start-ups to sort of free ride and take their content and stream it any way they want. they want