Tag: OTA
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FREE Morning Cartoons Are Coming Back to Over-the-Air TV
If you grew up in the early 2000s or before you likely remember morning cartoons being a big part of your day. Sadly over the last 10 or so years more cartoon shows have slowly been replaced on most broadcast TV stations. Now Sinclair Broadcast Group and MGM are teaming up to launch a daily…
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A Cup of Coffee With a Side of Antenna TV?
Today it was announced that the FREE digital network Cheddar will soon air programming on digital UHF stations in five markets that reach more than 4 million homes. Dunkin’ Donuts, which already advertises on Cheddar, will distribute antennas at events in those markets. “Dunkin’ Donuts is a brand designed for busy, on-the-go consumers, who love adopting…
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Sling TV’s Air TV Unboxing & Review
Sling TV this year released their first streaming media player called AirTV. The new AirTV comes from its parent company, Dish, and takes the best of over-the-air TV and Sling TV and puts them in one device along with Netflix I played with the new AirTV at CES back in January week. It offers a smooth, easy…
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The FCC Over-the-Air TV Spectrum Auction Ends This Week
The FCC has been auctioning off parts of the over-the-air TV spectrum for almost a year now. This auction started on May 31, 2016, and is selling off airwaves that had previously been set aside for over-the-air TV stations. Now these spectrums will be allowed to be used for other purposes. (Don’t worry, your local…
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No Over-the-Air Free TV is Not Going Away & Other Lies Cable Companies Tell You
There has been a lot of confusion and flat-out lies about over-the-air TV recently. With the announcement of the new 4K over-the-air TV standard approved by the FCC has come confusion; however, have no fear you will still be able to get the same free over-the-air TV you get now. So who has been spreading…
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The FCC Approves the New 3.0 Over-the-Air TV Rollout
This week the FCC voted unanimously to approve the “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to allow broadcasters to roll out the ATSC 3.0 transmission standard on a voluntary market-driven basis.” What does that mean and what does ATSC 3.0 mean for cord cutters? In short it means good news for cord cutters across the board. ATSC…
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Meet TBD TV The Newest OTA/Online TV Station
Over-the-air TV is entering a new golden age of TV ushered in by the new digital TV revolution of the late 2000s. More and more over-the-air TV stations are being rolled out. Now the Sinclair Broadcast Group has joined the movement with its new over-the-air and online station called TBD TV. Launched February 13, 2017,…
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Good News! The New FCC Chairman Wants to Push Forward With The Next Gen of OTA TV
Today the new chairman of the FCC Ajit Pai made a guest post on MultiChannel News about the future of over the air TV and the new ATSC 3.0 “Next Gen TV” standard. This new standard will bring new features to OTA TV like free over the air 4K TV. Here are some highlights of…
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More Americans Are Using Antennas to Watch FREE TV
Do you own an antenna to watch free over the air TV? Well you are a part of a growing number of Americans who are coming back to antennas for access to free TV. Back in 2013 less than 9% of Americans households had an antenna for over the air TV. Now that number has…
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Antenna TV Announces a Deal to Add More Over-the-Air TV Markets
Antenna TV is an over-the-air TV network that airs classic TV from the 1950s through the 1990s including shows such as “Family Ties,” “The Jeffersons,” and “All in the Family.” It currently covers about 80% of US households with 114 full power affiliates and 27 low power affiliates. Antenna TV first launched on January 1,…