Tag: Local TV
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The Future of Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC TV Stations Looks Bleak As Cable TV Network Blackouts Become More Frequent
It’s likely that we’ll continue to see feuds between cable resulting in local TV station blackouts in 2024 as cord cutting grows. According to The Dallas Morning News, there have been 83 TV blackouts since the start of 2020. This year alone, we’ve seen blackouts as the result of respective disagreements between DIRECTV and Nextar…
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2 More Small Local TV Stations Get Sold As Stations Struggle to Stay Afloat
Alaska-based Coastal Television agreed to purchase Red River Broadcast Company as the consolidation of local TV stations continues. The deal, announced last week, would include KVRR-TV in North Dakota and KQDS-TV in Duluth, Minnesota, according to KVRR. “We think Coastal will be a good fit for carrying on the important work and commitment of our…
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FOX, CBS, & Cox Agree To Pay $48 Million To Settle Claims That They Engaged In Price Fixing The Cost Of TV Ads
Recently, a group of local ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC TV station owners agreed to settle a lawsuit that claims they conspired together to raise and fix the price of television spot ads. The settlement from this lawsuit includes individuals and entities who purchased broadcast television spot advertising from CBS, Cox Media, Dreamcatcher Broadcasting, FOX,…
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Judge Permanently Bars Locast From Continuing Its Operations
In another major blow for Locast and its efforts to stream local channels over the internet, a judge has permanently barred the streamer from continuing operations. The service has taken a number of hits in recent weeks following Judge Louis L. Stanton’s decision to rule against Locast’s request for a summary judgment in its ongoing…
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Local TV Will No Longer Need Local Studios
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently eliminated an 80-year-old rule that required stations to have a studio inside the market they are servicing. The rule was adopted nearly 80 years ago “to facilitate input from community members and the station’s participation in community activities,” the FCC said. But that’s no longer necessary because residents “can interact…
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LocalBTV Launches a New 100% FREE Live Local TV Streaming Service
Today LocalBTV announced their new streaming service to offer local TV streamed online for free. LocalBTV is a live TV streaming service that focuses on streaming local TV. Launching first in the greater San Francisco area, it will stream 35 local channels for free on their app. While currently only in the greater San Francisco…
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So Why Are So Few Local Channels Available Through Streaming Services? We Explain
The release of Hulu’s live TV service raised a major question among cord cutters. Many cord cutters had expected that because Hulu’s owners include ABC, FOX, and NBC they would be getting their locals through Hulu’s new live TV beta. So we wanted to sit down and take a look at why services such as…
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Pluto TV is Adding Support for Live Local Channels
Pluto TV is one of the most popular free streaming apps on many popular devices such as Rokus and Fire TVs. A wide range of content curated into a single interface has made it a favorite app for many cord cutters. Now Pluto TV is testing out adding local channels from your antenna right into…
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A New Startup Wants to Live Stream Local Broadcast TV For Free
Ever wish you could stream local channels for free? Now with a new startup app called PhoenixBTV you can do just that in the Phoenix area. PhoenixBTV currently offers a mix of local stations and broadcast channels such as AZTV, MeTV, TuffTV, This TV, Retro TV, Rev’n, Azteca, and Estrella, among others; however, it does…
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Local TV Benefits from Cord Cutting Growth
Cord cutting is continuing to see strong growth, and now local TV stations are starting to see the benefits of that growth. A recent report from BIA/Kelsey shows that some markets, such as Detroit, are seeing a 19% increase in revenues over 2016 for two big reasons: primaries and, more importantly, advertisers’ desire to reach…