. >> host: this week on "the communicators," we want to introduce you to chet kanojia, ceo and founder of aereo. whether kanojia, what is aereo? >> guest: we think of aereo as a really new way of thinking about how people are going to consume television in the future. it's an online platform which is direct to consumers, and people can get access today to live broadcast television along with a dvr on any device without a cable connection just using the internet for the grand old price of $8 a month. >> host: and this is over-the-air broadcast channels that chemocan get through aereo. >> guest: that is correct. >> host: what am i holding in my hand here? >> guest: that's, actually, the key piece of the aereo technology, that's a microantenna. and think about as how you used to have over-the-air antennas in the past, they were large. we miniaturized them, so a lot of sophisticated technology. and the purpose of miniaturizing them so we can build hundreds of thousands of these things into a very small room. and by doing that we can allow a cloud-based implementation of how a consumer can

. >> host: what would be the difference, chet kanojia, and youtube taking the broadcast programs and putting the whole program right on youtube for people to watch? >> guest: welcome there is a huge amount of difference. they don't dvr this, but they control the entire experience and the consumer would get what they want to do and that would be unique. and that is how i look at it. it is a very distinct relationship. >> with any other country that decides and build technology aside and cablevision has been a part of that so somehow this applied differently. >> where does the main area come from? >> so in india growing up, it is part of the u.s. in the early '90s. it is part of this area was not what is your background? >> guest: well, in what area? >> host: businesswise. >> guest: engineering and technology the channel changes, utilization, it is very useful for providing purposes. and this was acquired by microsoft in 2008 on the website talks about all the cities that you are in or coming to or going to where it is available. the plan and about 15 cities. >> guest: yes, 22 said the

. >> host: and we've been talking with chet kanojia, ceo and founder of aereo. matt schwartz of "communications daily" has been our guest reporter. gentlemen, thank you. >> guest: thank you. >> thank you. >> just ahead, house armed services committee ranking member adam smith talks about the relationship between foreign assistance and national security. then a discussion about immigration initiatives to empower immigrant communities in metropolitan areas of the u.s. after that, health care analysts talk about proposals to lower medicare costs by restructuring the program's cost-sharing components. and later former president jimmy carter speaks to the carnegie endowment in washington, d.c. about the israeli/pal stun yang conflict -- palestinian conflict and middle east security. >> house armed services committee ranking democrat adam smith talked about the importance of foreign assistance to u.s. national security. the political transition in afghanistan and economic development in africa. this one-hour forum was hosted by the u.s. institute of peace. >> good mor