WASHINGTON -- In response to the announcement today that the Supreme Court will hear broadcasters' appeal against Aereo, the following statement can be attributed to NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith:

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- No current technological barriers exist that would prevent cable and satellite television providers from adding program-carrying capacity to their systems in the near future, concluded a new study released today and commissioned by the National Association of Broadcasters, National Religious Broadcasters and the National Black Religious Broadcasters. The study counters pay-TV providers' claims that continuing to provide broadcast television channels that elect must-carry status restricts their ability to add other programming options.

WASHINGTON -- The argument that broadcast television stations received spectrum licenses "for free" is grossly misleading, said a new study by Navigant Economics Managing Director and Principal Jeffrey Eisenach released today. The study found nearly all TV station owners paid market value for their spectrum licenses through private transactions, and noted other spectrum holders including wireless carriers and satellite television providers DIRECTV and DISH Network received spectrum licenses without compensating the government.