\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 http://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/business/locast-streaming-free-network-tv.html 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 cool, this needs to succeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 (edited) I've had an account with USTVNow for years that does the same thing, but not restricted to living in certain cities. You have to pay to get the non-OTA channels, and no, I've never been in the military. http://watch.ustvnow.com Edited February 3, 2019 by Just Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Ever since TV went HD it's usable reception area has decreased. Old-fashioned analog TV would be watchable for miles because the signal would just get snowier. It wasn't perfect but you could still see something. With HD you either get a picture or don't. And the watchable footprint is smaller. So there are more people than ever inside a TV station's home market that can't get that station over the air. The law still says you are entitled to watch for free within your home market. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 18 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: Ever since TV went HD it's usable reception area has decreased. Old-fashioned analog TV would be watchable for miles because the signal would just get snowier. It wasn't perfect but you could still see something. With HD you either get a picture or don't. And the watchable footprint is smaller. So there are more people than ever inside a TV station's home market that can't get that station over the air. The law still says you are entitled to watch for free within your home market. this is by design, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Foxx said: this is by design, no? What part are referring to? Digital TV is what it is. But when the TV rules were written by the FCC decades ago, no one could have imagined HDTV. It's another example of technology outpacing regulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 the conspiracy theorist in me says that the whole transfer of OTA signals was established to benefit the OTA broacasters. $10 billion is a pretty lucrative side benefit to the transition. nothing more than a money grab. what was wrong with broadcasting both analog and digital as they did for some years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 6 minutes ago, Foxx said: the conspiracy theorist in me says that the whole transfer of OTA signals was established to benefit the OTA broacasters. $10 billion is a pretty lucrative side benefit to the transition. nothing more than a money grab. what was wrong with broadcasting both analog and digital as they did for some years. They wanted to free up the analog channels for wireless services, who are paying broadcasters to "repack" their channels. Believe it or not the usable frequency spectrum is pretty crowded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 16 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: They wanted to free up the analog channels for wireless services, who are paying broadcasters to "repack" their channels. Believe it or not the usable frequency spectrum is pretty crowded. i thought everything after 1G was digital? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Just now, Foxx said: i thought everything after 1G was digital? Cell frequencies are right around analog TV frequencies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 7 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: Cell frequencies are right around analog TV frequencies. i'll have to take your word for it as i don't know a whole lot about it all. i think though that 4g utilizes some of the 1900 Mhz band which is far from the UHF band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 2 hours ago, Foxx said: i'll have to take your word for it as i don't know a whole lot about it all. i think though that 4g utilizes some of the 1900 Mhz band which is far from the UHF band. I don't have spectrum memorized. I just know that wireless companies want those vacated analog UHF TV channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boca BIlls Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 10 hours ago, Foxx said: cool, this needs to succeed. Doesn't matter, nothing stays free for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Looks like the service is limited to your local TV market and right now there are only nine markets Things will get interesting when the service expands to where you can watch TV from other markets. The NFL and DirecTV will shut that down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not at the table Karlos Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said: Ever since TV went HD it's usable reception area has decreased. Old-fashioned analog TV would be watchable for miles because the signal would just get snowier. It wasn't perfect but you could still see something. With HD you either get a picture or don't. And the watchable footprint is smaller. So there are more people than ever inside a TV station's home market that can't get that station over the air. The law still says you are entitled to watch for free within your home market. I can throw a rock and hit wivb towers and i struggle to get reception. Nbc i only get reception when football season ends. From week 1- super bowl it doesnt work. I miss analog Edited February 4, 2019 by Not at the table Karlos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Wow... Works gr8... Just downloaded app... Watching the 10:00 News. LoL... Sorry, got to get back to it. Chicago market probably helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 I've always had an antenna and get the major networks in HD. The sad part is that I rarely want to watch any of the ***** they broadcast... But, I got to watch that AMAZING super bowl in HD for free, so.....yay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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