in the late 1999, i started a company which was called navik, which pioneered how to collect formation from cable boxes. we processed millions and millions of channel changes, and the information was useful for a variety of purposes. that company became successful. it was acquired by microsoft in 2008. that freed me up time to focus on the new project, and then i decided to pursue aereo. >> to have a blog that talked about the cities that you are in or coming to. atlanta, boston, 16 cities. >> 22 total that we hope to finish by fall. >> what about washington? what's i believe it is on the list. >> what is the reaction on the fcc? >> at the moment, we focus on education. our goal is to educate people and show people what the capabilities of the technology are. athink that it is tremendously positive reaction that we get. this is cool. it really brings competition and choice into the marketplace. it is obviously important for them. it creates an alternative way of thinking about where is the next generation go? how are they going to consume content? what are the devices? what technology

and in late '99, early 2000 i started a company which was called navik which pioneered how to collect viewership information from cable boxes. so we used to work with all the major cable companies, processed millions and millions of channel changes, utilization and the information was very useful for a variety of purposes, and that company became successful and was subsequently acquired by microsoft in 2008 which freed me up a little bit of time after that to focus on the new project which was then i decided to pursue aereo. >> host: on your web site you have a blog, and it's, it talks about all the cities that you are in or coming to, going to, where it's available. atlanta, boston, about 16 cities, correct? >> guest: right. 32 total that we hope -- 22 total that we hope to finish by fall. >> host: and what about washington, d.c.? >> guest: i believe it's on that list, yes. >> host: what's the reaction from lawmakers and the fcc to your technology? >> guest: i think we at the moment we focus on education, our goal is to educate people to sort of show them what the capabilities of the