Diller: Aereo Is ‘Finished’ If It Loses Supreme Court Battle

Should it prevail, the company will expand to top U.S. markets

Should Aereo lose its impending U.S. Supreme Court case, backer Barry Diller believes it’ll be game over for the upstart distributor.

Speaking to anchor Erik Schatzker during an appearance on Bloomberg Television’s Market Makers, the IAC chairman and Aereo’s most visible investor said a defeat in the highest court in the land would all but doom the company.

“If we lose, we’re finished,” Diller said. “It’s very possible that there’s some salvage. But Aereo would probably—as I say, probably, just because I can’t … I can’t see any path forward.

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