Tag: OTA
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Don’t Forget to Rescan for New Over-The-Air Channels
In 2016 over 130 new over-the-air TV stations launched all over the United States. One or more of them may be right where you live today; however, if you don’t look you will never know they are there. The ability to scan your antenna with your TV to only show stations you can pick up…
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Here is Your Christmas OTA Guide – How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Charlie Brown Christmas, & More
December 19th 8:00am – Ernest Saves Christmas (LAFF) 8:00pm – The Great Christmas Light Fight (ABC) 8:00pm – The Christmas Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (1973) (getTV) 10:00pm – Christmas in Norway with the St. Olaf Choir (PBS) December 20th 9:00pm – The Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown (CW) 10:00pm – The Johnny Cash Christmas Show…
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A New Startup Wants to Live Stream Local Broadcast TV For Free
Ever wish you could stream local channels for free? Now with a new startup app called PhoenixBTV you can do just that in the Phoenix area. PhoenixBTV currently offers a mix of local stations and broadcast channels such as AZTV, MeTV, TuffTV, This TV, Retro TV, Rev’n, Azteca, and Estrella, among others; however, it does…
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Free Over-The-Air TV Sees Huge Growth
After decades of decline, free over-the-air TV is seeing strong and solid growth. According to Digitalsmiths, a Tivo-owned research company, there was 17.7% growth in over-the-air usage among cord cutters in the second quarter 2016. Of the respondents who answered, “I do not have a pay-TV provider,” 18.0% cut service in the last 12 months,…
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A New Aereo Like Service is Coming With The Promises of Live Local TV
Remember Aereo, the small but very popular company that allowed you to rent an antenna at their office and stream your local TV stations to your house? The service was wildly popular and scared cable companies. Thousands of Americans subscribed to it, and Aereo started to expand around the United States before it was shut…
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How Cord Cutters Can Watch College Football
American Football is back as college football is underway around the United States. This year more than ever cord cutters have great options to stream a ton of great college football legally! Here is how you can stream college football on your Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV! Sling TV/ESPN The first thing you need…
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Why The 2015 Broadcast Spectrum Auction Is Not The End Of Free OTA TV
First let’s get everyone up to date on what is happening. As mandated by the Spectrum Act, broadcasters that are full power (commercial and non-commercial) and Class A licensees are able to sell off their broadcast spectrum in the reverse auction to be held in 2015. This move by the FCC allows local TV stations…
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NFL Games To Stay On Free OTA TV
The new head of the NFL Network announced there are no plans to move NFL games away from free over the air TV. “We have built a very good thing here by making NFL football available to as many people as possible,” Rolapp said. “I don’t see free TV going away.” Even though Monday Night football…