Tag: Locast
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Locast Will Expand to Puerto Rico This Year
The nonprofit local broadcast TV streaming service Locast announced today that the service will be expanding to Puerto Rico. Locast will bring local news, weather and storm coverage, emergency information, sports, and entertainment programming to internet-connected devices. “Given that Puerto Rico has recently faced life-shattering earthquakes and hurricanes, we wholeheartedly support serious discussions about how…
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How to Watch the 2020 Oscars on Roku, Fire TV & Apple TV
On Sunday, February 9, 2019, at 8 PM Eastern, the Academy Awards will be live in Hollywood. After the Academy voted to allow streaming services to be eligible for the awards, Netflix earned 24 nominations for this year. The event will be airing live on ABC and there are more options than ever for streaming…
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Locast Now Offers Free TV in Iowa With Access to ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, & More
Today Locast announced that they are expanding free TV into the Sioux City, Iowa area. Locast is a live TV streaming service that launched back in January 2018 in New York City to offer access to 15 stations including ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC. Recently, Locast has been rolling out to new markets including Seattle-Tacoma.…
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Locast Officially Launches a GoFundMe to Fight CBS, NBC, FOX, & ABC
Locast has officially announced that they’ve set up a GoFundMe page to raise funds that will be used for legal defense against CBS, NBC, FOX, and ABC who have sued to have Locast shut down. Locast had done a soft launch for their fundraiser recently but today Locast officially announced their GoFundMe. The lawsuit started…
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The Free Streaming Service Locast is Adding More Channels in New York
Recently Locast has been adding more channels in many markets. This week it was New York Citys turn. Typically Locast offers the big five like ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and The CW. This week though, Locast added additional sub-channels like WLNY 55, Comet TV, Stadium, and This TV to the lineup in New York. So…
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Locast Launches a Legal Defense Fund Asking for $500,000 to Fight ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC
Locast is a free streaming service offering access to local channels in a handful of markets. Recently, they got hit with a lawsuit from the major broadcasters trying to shut down the service. The networks filed the suit against Locast last July, claiming that the service was violating their copyright by retransmitting signals of their local…
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Locast Founder Says Networks Waited Too Long to Sue
David Goodfriend, founder of Locast, says that ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox “waited too long” to sue the streaming service which offers free access to local channels in select cities. While speaking at TV of Tomorrow Show in New York today, Goodfriend also pointed out that in the case of Aereo, which is often discussed…
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The Free Streaming Service Locast is Adding More Channels in Select Markets
Recently Locast has been adding more channels in many markets. This week it was Chicago’s turn. Typically Locast offers the big five like ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and The CW. This week though, Locast added additional sub-channels like Comet, MeTV, Antenna TV, PBS Kids, and more to the lineup in Chicago. So far, we have…
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The Free Streaming Service Locast is Adding More Subchannels
Locast is a free streaming service offering live streaming locals in a handful of markets. Locast does this by taking the signal from an antenna and streaming the channels online. Since the service launched Locast has only offered a handful of channels in each market. Typically this was the big five like ABC, CBS, FOX,…
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Locast’s CEO Wants to Expand Its Free Streaming Service Into Rural America
While ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC are fighting to have Locast shut down, the free streaming service run by nonprofit Sports Fan Coalition has no intention of slowing down. Since the lawsuit started in July, Locast has continued to expand, bringing their service to Atlanta and Phoenix in mid-October, then Seattle at the end of…