Updated: 6:11 p.m. PDT 
 
 LAS VEGAS–News Corp. president and COO Chase Carey told the opening gathering at the NAB Show Monday that if Fox does not prevail in the Aereo case, it will consider turning its network into a subscription service. “Aereo is stealing our signal,” Carey said in his keynote conversation with NAB topper Gordon Smith. We believe in our legal rights, we’re going to pursue our legal rights, and we believe we’ll prevail ...," Carey said, according to Variety. We will continue to aggressively pursue our rights in the courts, as well as pursue all relevant political avenues, and we believe we will prevail. One such business solution would be to take the network and turn it into a subscription service.” 
 
 Carey added, ” It’s not a path we’d love to pursue. But we’re not going to sit idly by and let people steal our content.” 
 
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 The comments represented a dramatic ratcheting up of the rhetoric regarding the already heated legal standoff between Aereo and the broadcast networks suing them. “Simply put, we believe that Aereo is pirating broadcasters’ content. As Chase Carey said, no broadcaster can afford to sit idly by and allow Aereo’s theft to continue unchecked. We are committed to broadcasting under a business model where programmers receive fair compensation from parties that want to redistribute our product while continuing to make our product available for free to individual consumers that want to access our signal. It is clear that the broadcast business needs a dual revenue stream from both ad and subscription to be viable. Subscriptions and advertising are critical for broadcasting to be viable.” 
 
 Carey added that the types of “big event television” in news, sports and entertainment that Fox and other broadcast networks focus on “simply isn’t sustainable in an ad-supported-only model.” 
 
 In a statement released moments after his onstage appearance, Carey elaborated: “We have no choice but to develop business solutions that ensure we continue to remain in the driver’s seat of our own destiny. One option could be converting the Fox broadcast network to a pay channel, which we would do in collaboration with both our content partners and affiliates.” 
 
 Onstage, Carey rejected suggestions that the current system for negotiating retransmission fees needs to be changed by the federal government. After Carey's remarks, News Corp. issued the following statement: 
 
 News Corporation has a long-standing commitment to the broadcast television business, and to delivering the highest-quality entertainment, sports and news programming to our viewers on a localized basis.
– Fox is in the midst of a lawsuit over rights to its over-the-air programming—and if it loses, its broadcast network could turn to a subscription model, News Corp's president says. At issue is a lawsuit against Aereo, which offers broadcast TV on digital devices, Mashable reports. "Aereo is stealing our signal," said News Corp president and COO Chase Carey, per Variety. Without legal protection, "we will pursue business solutions. One ... would be to take the network and turn it into a subscription service." A statement from News Corp offered a similar sentiment, saying Fox's broadcast network could be converted "to a pay channel" to "ensure we continue to remain in the driver’s seat of our own destiny." Aereo weighed in with a statement, saying it offered a "simple, convenient way for consumers to utilize an antenna to access free-to-air broadcast television ... Having a television antenna is every American's right." Broadcasters sued against Aereo last year, citing copyright infringement.