​The Supreme Court on Tuesday set an April 22 date for the showdown between broadcasters and local streaming service Aereo.

The justices granted a review of the case against the streaming startup, which delivers broadcast television signals over the Web, last month.

Each of the Big Four networks have sued to put a stop to Aereo, which rents out a small antenna to users that transmits broadcast television to multiple devices such as smartphones.

Ther broadcasters say the IAC-backed startup is illegally retransmitting television; Aereo says it is simply renting remote antennas.

Justice Samuel Alito has recused himself from the case, meaning that only eight justices will hear the oral arguments.

The specific question before the High Court is “whether a company ‘publicly performs’ a copyrighted television program when it retransmits a broadcast of that program to thousands of paid subscribers over the Internet.”

Tuesday’s announcement came on the same day that a federal judge in Utah weighed whether to issue an injunction blocking Aereo in that state pending the Supreme Court’s decision.

If the broadcasters prevail, the court’s decision would apply in the six states that make up the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

The broadcasters argued in papers filed last month with U.S. District Court Dee Benson that Aereo’s continued presence in Utah while the Supreme Court heard the case against the company would threaten their “goodwill with viewers” and “create confusion.”

A decision is expected from the Supreme Court in June.

Brief Take: Broadcasters are will finally get their day in court for a cast that could decide the future of the airwaves in the U,S,

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