Tag: Over The Air TV

  • Sinclair Just Closed a Deal to Buy 14 New Over The Air TV Stations

    Sinclair Just Closed a Deal to Buy 14 New Over The Air TV Stations

    Sinclair Broadcast Group is the largest owner of over the air TV stations. They are also one of the most cord cutting friendly broadcast TV companies out there. Recently Sinclair announced a deal to allow all of their locals to be added to YouTube TV across the United States. They have also been rolling out…

  • Over-the-Air TV Keeps Getting Better

    Over-the-Air TV Keeps Getting Better

    As cord cutting grows, over-the-air TV with an antenna is getting more attention. Once again over-the-air TV, something that had become an afterthought for many in the 2000s, is front and center and growing quickly. Now many companies are doubling down on their over-the-air TV efforts. In this post I address a few of the…

  • Scripps Deal to Buy Several Popular Over-the-Air TV Networks Gets Federal Approval

    Scripps Deal to Buy Several Popular Over-the-Air TV Networks Gets Federal Approval

    A few weeks ago it was announced that Scripps had agreed to Katz the company behind Bounce TV, Grit, Escape, and Laff. Scripps seems to be hoping to help build up their over the air TV presences as the once forgotten TV option is seeing a rebirth in the world of cord cutting. “In today’s fragmented…

  • 97 TV Markets Announce Plans to Roll Out Next Gen Over The Air TV

    97 TV Markets Announce Plans to Roll Out Next Gen Over The Air TV

    Today the Sinclair Broadcast Group and Nexstar Media Group have announced a tentative agreement to roll out the new 3.0 over the air TV standard in 97 markets. So what does that mean? This should speed up the roll out and help get more 4K over the air TV to you sooner than you may have…

  • A New Over-the-Air TV Network Is Rolling Out

    A New Over-the-Air TV Network Is Rolling Out

    The old marketplace of over-the-air TV has recently become a hot, exciting market once again. With huge groups such as the Sinclair Broadcast Group investing heavily into over-the-air TV we now have others joining in. One of the newest over-the-air TV networks is Punch TV Network. Now Punch TV is rolling out in Los Angeles,…

  • A Lot of New Over-the-Air TV Channels Just Went Live

    A Lot of New Over-the-Air TV Channels Just Went Live

    If you have not rescanned your antenna for a new station in some time, you probably should do that right now. Today Cord Cutters News has received reports that NBCUniversal has added more sub channels to its NBC stations in the United States. Readers have told us that Cozi TV, formally known as NBC Nonstop,…

  • LG Announces Support for 3.0 Over-the-Air TV

    LG Announces Support for 3.0 Over-the-Air TV

    3.0 over-the-air TV is the new standard that will bring 4K to your broadcast TV. Not only will you get 4K but you’ll also get a host of other features such as better signal penetration inside your home and even video on demand over the air. Now LG has announced that it plans to start…

  • We Are Seeing Consolidations in Free Over-the-Air TV

    We Are Seeing Consolidations in Free Over-the-Air TV

    Over-the-air TV was almost forgotten just a few years ago. With most Americans getting their TV from a pay TV provider the fact that you could use an antenna to get local TV for free was not often thought about. Now with the growth in cord cutting, over-the-air TV is once again in the minds…

  • Are You Ready For FREE Over-the-Air On-Demand TV?

    Are You Ready For FREE Over-the-Air On-Demand TV?

    Recently the FCC has approved the roll out of the new over-the-air TV standard called ATSC 3.0. Some of the features such as free 4K HDR TV have been already talked about, but there are a ton of lesser known features. On-Demand One of the features that should get cord cutters excited is on-demand TV…

  • Almost 1,000 Over The Air TV Stations Will Need to Move Channels After FCC Auction

    Almost 1,000 Over The Air TV Stations Will Need to Move Channels After FCC Auction

    The FCC auction of broadcast TV spectrum is over and 957 over the air TV stations are effected. Back in 2012 the process to auction off the spectrum that over the Air TV stations use started. Now it has come to an end. A total of 957 TV stations will get payments for giving up spectrum…