Tag: Locast
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The National Association of Broadcasters Complains About Dish & AT&T’s Support of Locast
Yesterday ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC filed a lawsuit targeting Locast in an effort to shut it down. Now the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has, as you would likely have expected, come out in support of the lawsuit. One interesting note is that the NAB included complaints about how AT&T and Dish have supported…
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ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Are Suing Locast to Shut It Down
Today it was learned that ABC, CBS. FOX, and NBC are suing to shutdown Locast according to The Wall Street Journal. This comes after Dish and AT&T have used Locast to help support their fight with local ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC local TV stations. Update: Locast sent Cord Cutters News the following statement about…
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Locast Has Found Unexpected Allies in DISH & AT&T’s DIRECTV
Locast is a free streaming service that offers locals (with popups asking for donations) in major markets like New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Locast can do this by using a rule in the law for nonprofits. Many wondered how long cable TV providers and content…
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Locast is Down in Some Markets
Do you use Locast to stream your locals for free? Right now it looks like Locast is down in many markets. Multiple readers have reported that when they try to load Locast it gets stuck on fetching location. For now, it seems like there is no way to get around the fetching location to watch…
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AT&T’s Donation to Locast Makes a Lot of Sense Now…
Over the last month, AT&T has become a huge supporter of Locast, a free with ads streaming service that gives users access to local TV channels. Recently, AT&T added Locast to DIRECTV and U-verse set-top boxes. Later, AT&T donated $500,000 to Locast to support the nonprofit group that runs it. Now the reasons behind AT&T’s…
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AT&T Just Donated $500,000 to Locast
Today AT&T announced that they have donated $500,000 to Locast to support their free streaming service. This comes at a time that Locast has been expanding with the addition of South Dakota along with Los Angeles and San Francisco. “AT&T is donating $500,000 to non-profit advocacy group Sports Fans Coalition NY (SFCNY), which operates the…
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The 5 Best FREE Streaming Apps for Apple TV
There’s a lot of great content available on streaming devices for free if you know where to look for it. In this post, we’re sharing five Apple TV apps that will allow you to watch shows and movies at no charge. 1. Pluto TV Pluto TV gives you over 100 channels of live TV for…
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Cord Cutting Today #78 – DIRECTV NOW is No Longer AT&T’s Main Focus, Locast, Amazon, & More
Did you know we have a daily YouTube cord cutting newscast? Cord Cutting Today look sat the biggest Cord Cutting stories from the past 24 hours in about five or so minutes. We will post these Monday through Friday in an effort to help keep you up to date on everything happening in the world…
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Locast Launches Its Free Live TV Service in Los Angeles & San Francisco
Today Locast rolled out its free live TV streaming service in Los Angeles and San Francisco bringing the total number of Locast markets to 13. 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…
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Locast Launches Its Free Live TV Service in South Dakota
Locast a live TV streaming service that launched back in January in New York City to offer access to 15 stations including ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC. Recently Locast expanded into a 7th market with the addition of Washington DC. and Baltimore. Don’t look for Locast to stop there according to the people behind the…