Aereo uses specially designed equipment that crams 80 dime-sized TV antennas on a single circuit board and stores programming that users can access by logging in to a website.
Using its own tactics, the union held its ship in Vancouver harbour for days with a log boom, and then blocked a road to bar the greens' access to a further logging site.
Another feature rolling out is "Free Preview" which lets viewers watch before they're finished logging in, while a Server Side API on the way should open up access to more apps on more devices.