As pay TV subscriber growth declines, regional content affiliates are looking for more ways to bring in customers (and their money) via digital platforms like Sling TV, Hulu, PlayStation Vue, and ...

Hulu is gearing up to spend a bundle on trying to expand its business into live television — and part of the Herculean task it has set out to accomplish involves cutting deals for local TV channels in ...

Though Philo TV does not have local channels, you can access 63 basic cable channels that the platform combines into one streaming service. The major benefit of Philo TV is its price — it's one of the ...

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Users in select cities will be able to access their local Fox or Gray channels through Vizio's WatchFree Plus app. Sarah Lord covers TVs and home entertainment. Prior to joining CNET, Sarah served as ...

Cutting the cord doesn’t mean losing access to local channels. Whether you enjoy watching live news, primetime shows, or ...

If your TV diet includes major broadcast networks, cutting cable can be a challenge. Live streams from ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox stations are only available in a small number of markets, so without solid ...

NEW YORK—Hearst Television has launched OTT and connected TV (CTV) streaming service "Very Local," that offers local news and information on popular streaming platforms like Roku and Amazon Fire TV.

Roku is thinking local: In the streaming platform’s first local news programming pact, Roku is adding eight NBC local news channels to the Roku Channel — available to stream live for free. Through the ...

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Peacock TV is a streaming service from NBC Universal that you can watch for free with ads or pay with ads. The difference between free and paid is you will get more content on the paid tiers than on ...