While all three of the top streaming services, Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, are investing in producing their own original series, competition for network content remains fierce as they each try to grow their individual subscriber bases.
The $5 per month subscription fee is distributed to each partner who had a story or stories the individual subscriber read during the month.
According to Aereo's patent (and its attorney), each of these "antennas" are supposed to be assigned to an individual subscriber.
"In any case, the police must follow a legal process in order to require operators to disclose individual subscriber information.
The monthly cost for an individual subscriber is $120.91, for a couple $253.90 and for a family $326.44.
The UUID function at the center of the current controversy provided background on an individual subscriber, including contact information, and when the subscriber had last logged on.
The UUID function then provided background on an individual subscriber, including contact information, when the subscriber had last logged on, chat information between subscribers and customer service representatives, and weekly statistics on how often they used a particular function.
On Tuesday night, protesters outside the economy ministry in Budapest called on Orbán to withdraw the plan to force internet service providers to pay 700 forints (£1.80) per individual subscriber a month and 5,000 forints per business subscriber.
It also sees great potential in software that can offer film recommendations to an individual subscriber based on how highly other subscribers -- particularly those who rent similar movies -- have rated them.
Vodafone Group communications director Matt Peacock said: "It is not possible to cut off access to an individual subscriber if the police don't even know who that person is, as would seem highly likely in the middle of a riot with hundreds of masked youths running around the streets.
