Tag: OTA
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Xbox Is Ending Support For Live OTA Streaming
Sad news for cord cutters who use their Xbox to stream over the air TV (OTA) to Android or iOS. Last week Microsoft started contacting Xbox owners who used this feature to notify them that they will soon lose access to live streaming from their antenna to other devices using their Xbox. In the statement Microsoft said:…
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What Is ATSC 3.0 Over-the-Air TV? We Take a Look at the New OTA TV Standard
Recently there has been a lot of news about ATSC 3.0, the new over-the-air TV standard (AKA OTA TV). Many of our readers have been asking what is ATSC 3.0 OTA TV, so we hope this post answers most of your questions. What is ATSC? ATSC stands for the Advanced Television Systems Committee. This is…
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Can I Really Use a Paperclip to Watch Over-the-Air TV? (Guest Post)
Today’s post is a guest post from the great team over at TabloTV.com. Laura Slater is one of the cord cutting experts at TabloTV.com and has been blissfully cable-free since 2010. She enjoys sharing the money saving tips and tricks she’s learned to help others join the cord cutting revolution. When you search for advice on accessing Over-the-Air…
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Amazon’s Fire TV Includes Hidden Support for OTA TV But Don’t Expect a USB Tuner Anytime Soon
For some time now Amazon’s Fire TV Edition smart TVs have had support for antennas. This allowed owners of the Fire TV smart TVs to connect an antenna and watch their antenna through their Fire TV smart TV. Many have hoped this support would come to a Fire TV one day. Well, we have good…
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Don’t Forget to Rescan for New OTA Channels As Some Channels Are Moving
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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The Top 4 Cord Cutting OTA DVRs Are…
We often get asked what is the best DVR for cord cutting. Your antenna is a great way to watch a ton of content, but who wants to wait for it to air for free over the air? Now with an over-the-air TV DVR you can record your programs and watch them when you want…
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Station Owners Ask The FCC To Increase National Ownership Cap to 50%
Currently, local TV station owners cannot own more than 39% of TV market in the United States. Recently Sinclair is changing that in an attempt to buy Tribune but it looks like they may have some help from other station owners. Today in a filing with the FCC Hearst Television, Scripps Media, Raycom Media, Gray Television,…
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Quest The Newest OTA TV Network Launches Tonight
Tonight TENGA is launching a new over the air TV network called Quest. This network is launching in about 25 markets around the United States with more on the way. So make sure to do a scan on your antenna to see if you have a new OTA channel tonight. According to TENGA Quest will…
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We Went Hands-On With 3.0 OTA TV at CES
One of the hottest topics in cord cutting right now is the new 3.0 over-the-air TV standard. This new standard brings a ton of new features and better coverage. Yesterday at CES we meet with Pearl TV, a group working on 3.0 OTA, which will be part of the 3.0 testing later this year in…
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The New OTA TV 3.0 Standard With 4K is Now Official
Yesterday at CES Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) today commemorated the achievement of a major milestone in TV history the official standards for OTA 3.0 TV. Marking the milestone today at CES, ATSC President Mark Richer was joined onstage by Consumer Technology Association President and CEO Gary Shapiro, National Association of Broadcasters President and CEO Gordon…