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, ...

Things are looking grim for Locast, a streaming service that once provided free online access to broadcast TV stations. A federal judge just sided with the Big Four broadcast networks in a lawsuit ...

"Pat, unsolicited, just … said Lu Dort could play in the NFL." ...

A company purporting to improve access to local TV stations for people who can’t access the signal via traditional means has been dealt a blow by a New York Court. Locast has lost the courtroom ...

Locast was ordered to shut down its online TV service forever in a permanent injunction issued yesterday by a federal judge. The order came two weeks after the judge gave major broadcast networks a ...

Update, 9/2/2021: Locast said it is shutting down its TV service, at least for now, in response to its loss in court. "We are suspending operations, effective immediately," Locast said in a message on ...

Locast, a service that streamed local TV for free in about three dozen U.S. cities, is suspending operations after losses in court against the broadcast industry. The owners of the country’s major ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NEW YORK—Locast, the non-profit streaming service that offers local TV channels to viewers at no ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Locast launched in Northeast Ohio on Wednesday, allowing cord-cutters to stream local television stations for free over the Internet. The service is available to the four million ...

MADISON, Wis.—Locast is ready to serve TV viewers in Wisconsin, as the free, local broadcast TV digital translator streaming service is now officially available to more than 650,000 residents in the ...