Tag: OTA
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A New Free OTA TV Network Called Circle from the Grand Ole Opry Is Launching Next Year
Last week Opry Entertainment Group and Gray Television announced a new over-the-air TV network called Circle. This new network will cover the world of country music and will include weekly broadcasts from the Grand Ole Opry. “Circle is all about fun, discovery and accessibility for country music fans,” said Drew Reifenberger, general manager of Circle…
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Over The Last Few Years 20+ New OTA TV Networks Have Launched Targeting Cord Cutters
The list of over the air TV networks continues to grow. There are now over 100 OTA networks offering free TV content, with many available to a large audience with an antenna. These are the most recently added OTA networks, launching after 2012, along with the year they were founded and a quick look at…
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Don’t Forget to Rescan Your Antenna Because New OTA Networks Launched This Week
It was recently announced that several new over-the-air TV (OTA) networks will be launching in 2019. At our Cord Cutter News offices, we gained four over-the-air networks this week including a new dedicated CW channel in HD. Not only do we get a new 24/7 news network that launched this week but later this year…
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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,…