The four major broadcast networks, CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to shut down Locast, a free streaming app that provides broadcast TV signals. The broadcasters argue that Locast, ...

The broadcasters aim to shut down a service that has attracted tens of thousands of users and is threatening billions of dollars in retransmission contracts. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal ...

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, ...

Locast brings TV over the Internet. And it's free. The TV networks, namely CBS, ABC, Fox and NBC, are upset and are suing. They want to keep collecting the fees they get from cable companies. This ...

AT&T will donate $500,000 to Sports Fans Coalition NY, the not-for-profit organization that operates Locast, which lets users live-stream local broadcast TV stations via the internet for free.

BOCA RATON, FLA. — The controversial local broadcast TV streaming service some companies believe is illegally distributing stations without a retransmission agreement has invaded South Florida’s two ...

Locast, a nonprofit digital TV translator service, is now available in the Milwaukee television market, bringing free local broadcast TV stations to viewers via its website (locast.org) or through a ...

How it works Locast makes local stations available for free, in real time, online. You can watch on its website, locast.org, or on apps for iPhones and Android phones. A Roku app or sharing from your ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. EL SEGUNDO, Calif.—The group behind the Locast app that retransmits network O&O and other local ...

The four major broadcast networks, CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to shut down Locast, a free streaming app that provides broadcast TV signals. The broadcasters argue that Locast, ...

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