Tag: Locals
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Sling TV Adds Live Local Channel Integration for 2020 LG Smart TVs
Sling TV announced today that subscribers with an OTA antenna can now watch local broadcasts on LG Smart TVs without leaving the Sling TV app. The new OTA channel integration brings free local channels from the antenna directly to the Sling TV guide. The feature is available on 2020 LG Smart TVs with webOS 5.0,…
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DISH Loses Local Stations in 42 Markets
Over the weekend, local stations in 42 markets owned by Scripps were dropped by DISH when the two companies failed to come to an agreement on a carriage deal. Unsurprisingly, both Scripps and DISH are pointing the finger at the other when it comes to why a deal couldn’t be made to keep the channels…
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Don’t Forget to Rescan for New OTA Channels
Did you know many local channels will be changing their channel number soon? This is part of the recent auction of locals that will force many channels to switch channel numbers this year or next year. That is on top of all the new locals that went live earlier this year and will be rolling out later this year.…
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Prediction: By the End of 2018 Most Locals Will Be Streaming on DIRECTV NOW, Hulu, & More
We are now a few months into 2018 and locals are quickly being added to live TV streaming services. Hulu now has over 400 live locals and fuboTV recently topped 200 live locals. Recently Cord Cutters News has talked with people on both broadcast and streaming sides about the future of broadcast TV and streaming. According…
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Here is Every Local fuboTV Currently Offers (Updated December 2017)
Recently fuboTV has been busy adding locals. From having only a couple locals at the start of the year fuboTV now has 105 locals at the time of this posting. Here is the breakdown of the locals on fuboTV: * NBC coverage in 35% of U.S. households and 11 of top 20 markets. * FOX…
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Reminder: Some PlayStation Vue Subscribers Will Lose Live Locals This Week
Since launch Sony’s live TV streaming service, PlayStation Vue, has had a reputation of offering incorrect locals. For example, instead of getting locals from our area at our office, we get locals from over three hours and two TV markets away. A few weeks ago PlayStation Vue announced that they are working to fix that…
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Here Is Every Local PlayStation Vue Currently Offers
PlayStation Vue, Hulu, fuboTV, and DIRECTV NOW have been in a race to see who can acquire the most locals. Sony has not updated its full list of locals, but as best we can tell PlayStation Vue has 186 locals in 115 markets around the United States. Once again we reached out to Sony for…
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Here is Every Local Sling TV Currently Offers (Updated September 2017)
For many Americans, locals are as easy as putting up an antenna for free local content but many Americans struggle to get some or all of the major broadcast networks and two years ago they had no legal options. Now with live streaming services, such as Sling TV, you can legally watch local channels streamed…
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Updated: Here Is Every Local PlayStation Vue Currently Offers
PlayStation Vue, Hulu, and DIRECTV NOW are in a race to see who can acquire the most locals and PlayStation Vue has been busy adding locals this week. Sadly though Sony has not updated its full list of locals since December 2016, but as best we can tell PlayStation Vue has 197 locals in 115 markets…
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You May Soon Have a New Option to Stream Your Local Channels
There is a new streaming service with a goal to stream your locals. Telletopia is a small streaming company with big dreams of streaming local channels. Last year Telletopia joined other companies pushing for the FCC to change its governing rules of retransmission to allow services like Telletopia to negotiate licensing deals with broadcasters. Now…