ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC sued to shut down the service that streams broadcast channels for free. Locast calls it a sham and hauls YouTube into the fray. Joan E. Solsman was CNET's senior media reporter, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dumping cable or satellite TV in favor of streaming TV — commonly called cord-cutting — can be daunting, especially when it comes to ensuring that you can ...

In July 2019, an effort driven by the nation’s four major broadcast television networks — with the endorsement of the NAB — was launched in a New York Federal District Court to decide whether or not ...

DETROIT, Sept. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Locast, the nonprofit local broadcast TV streaming service, is now delivering more than 65 local TV channels via the internet – for free – to those living ...

Football season is almost here (despite everything), which means it’s once again time to ponder the age-old cord-cutting question: How do you watch the games without spending big bucks on a bloated ...

Reporter’s note: Locast announced on September 2, 2021 that it was suspending operations after a court ruled against the company’s right to rebroadcast commercial TV signals without authorization.

It sounds as if David Goodfriend, having already helped defeat the NFL off the football field, needed another challenge. Goodfriend is a lawyer and co-owner (with wife Sue) of Washington, D.C.-based ...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Jan. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Locast, the nonprofit streaming service serving viewers unable to tune-in their local off-air TV channels, is now streaming 20 local TV channels in ...

TV viewers looking to cut the cord and drop their cable or satellite services are getting a new option that could expand their viewing choices — as long as the company stays out of court. Locast, a ...