Locast Suspends Operations Following Court Ruling In Favor Of TV Networks
Following a preliminary federal district court ruling in New York this week against local broadcast TV internet re-transmission service Locast’s counter copyright infringement claims, the service announced Thursday that it has suspended indefinitely its TV redistribution operations. In a terse communication to donor/users this morning,…
Study: U.S. Consumers Avg. 6 Different TV Services
The average U.S. consumer now has access to six different TV services, and is increasingly inclined to add more to ensure they can see the latest exclusive programming options. That’s according to Hub Entertainment Research’s annual Best Bundle study, which found consumers average 5.7 different…
Evoca ATSC 3.0 Pay-TV Service Reveals 1st Expansion Plans
Evoca, the Boise, ID-based pay-TV service distributed using ATSC 3.0 over-the-air broadcast bandwidth, announced that it is expanding its service into the nearby Twin Falls, ID market in coming months and will be offering an new pandemic-inspired, Evoca Learn educational TV service. The Evoca Learn…
Nuvyyo Unveils Tablo Quad HDMI OTA DVR
Nuvyyo introduced the Tablo Quad HDMI, a quad over-the-air tuner version of its recently introduced dual-tuner HDMI DVR device. The company said the Tablo Quad Over-The-Air (OTA) DVR is designed for cord cutters with larger households or channel lineups, who want the ability to record…
Survey: OTA TV Antennas Gaining In Use, Awareness
As the rollout of the country’s newest over-the-air broadcast TV platform continues to gain momentum, more and more U.S. TV watchers are re-kindling their interest in added antennas. A recently released survey from Horowitz Research, reveals that as broadcasters around the country begin to throw…
Testing Begins For Sending NextGen TV Channels Over Cable Systems
Good news for those who can’t (or won’t) use over-the-air TV antennas and aren’t ready to cut the cord — tests have begun for transmitting NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0) signals over cable TV platforms. Broadcasters supporting the ATSC 3.0 Phoenix, Arizona Model Market project for…
Disney+ Garners 73M Paid Subscribers In First Year
What do the new Disney+ service and presumptive President-Elect Joseph Biden have in common? They each reported more than 73 million supporters and growing in November. As part of its fiscal fourth quarter earnings report Thursday, Disney revealed that in just over a year since…
EVOCA ATSC 3.0 Pay-TV Service Launches In Boise Market Today
A new pay-TV service called EVOCA that leverages the NextGenTV ATSC 3.0 over-the-air (OTA) broadcast TV system kicks off its service with an “Early Access” offer today in the Boise, ID market. The first-of-its-kind ATSC 3.0-based OTA pay-TV service, EVOCA launched with a cost-reduced “early…
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