Category: local tv

FCC approves Nexstar’s $6.4 billion acquisition of Tribune Media

Post author By Randall
Post date September 16, 2019
Categories In acquisition, approval, broadcaster, business, consolidation, Entertainment, fcc, federal communications commission, local tv, Media, merger, nexstar, nexstar media group, Tech, tribune, tribune media

[ad_1] To comply with TV ownership rules, Nexstar will sell 21 of its local TV stations. Those sales were also approved today. The FCC says the proposed merger will benefit both Nexstar and Tribune customers. The Tribune stations will now have access to Nexstar’s Washington D.C. news bureau and state news bureau, and Nexstar has […]

Major broadcasters sue nonprofit TV service over copyright infringement

Post author By Randall
Post date July 31, 2019
Categories In abc, allegations, at&t, att, av, booster, broadcasting, business, cable bill, cbs, copyright, copyright infringement, dish network, Entertainment, fox, lawsuit, local tv, locast, nbcu, nbcuniversal, nonprofit, streaming, streaming tv, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] The lawsuit also alleges that Locast exists to help AT&T and Dish avoid paying to carry broadcast content. Both DirectTV and Dish customers are directed to Locast on their set-top box menus. The lawsuit claims that when Locast retransmits signals, the broadcasters lose out on vital viewership information. In its defense, Locast says its […]

AirTV Mini delivers streaming and local TV in a dongle

Post author By Randall
Post date July 15, 2019
Categories In airtv, airtv mini, android tv, business, channels, cord cutting, dish, dongle, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, local tv, Netflix, ota, over the air, sling tv, streaming, streaming tv, Tech

[ad_1] The palm-sized device certainly isn’t the first tiny streaming dongle. Amazon, Roku and Google already offer similar products. But according to Mitch Weinraub, director of product development for AirTV, the AirTV Mini has “more memory and a faster processor than anything else in the category.” The device plugs into your Android TV via the […]