Aereo Inc., the online-TV service backed by Barry Diller that was found to violate copyright law, garnered less than $2 million for its assets at a bankruptcy auction, Bloomberg News reported yesterday. The New York-based company had said that it expected bidding of $4 million to $31.2 million. TiVo Inc., which makes digital video recorders, was the winning bidder for the online service’s trademark, customer list and certain other assets, Aereo said. RPX Corp., a patent risk-management company, bought Aereo’s patent portfolio, and information-technology consultant Alliance Technologies acquired some equipment.
