It depends on the TV. We have it one one TV Ns they said we would have to
bug their proprietary antenna setup to add local channels. However another
TV pulls in the Louisville metro stations but nothing else -- ABC, NBC,
CBS, FOX and five PBS channels. No sub channels.
I'm curious why the PBS channels have such priority.
On another note, PBS has lobbied with another company to sign on with state
educational departments to provide educational programming from local
schools through data transmission of their signal to a box at home that can
receive video and data from the TV signal.
PBS in Indiana just received a multi million dollar grant to implement this
at a school which is on the fringe of their coverage area. I would have
some this for a fraction of the cost and considered myself lucky.
Let me know if any of you have heard of multitasking.
Becky
On Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 1:28 PM Keith Leitch <keith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi LPTV Loopers,
I talked to Sling TV's VP of Programming and Strategy on MLK Day. I was
asking about the local TV lineup for their streaming packages. This would
be local TV stations that they stream rather than integrating the ability
to also receive OTA signals. He told me that they only carry Fox and NBC
stations, because they must for the other content they air. They aren't
interested in carrying other TV stations. I was hoping they would carry my
ministry's full power TV station. I am hoping that vMVPDs will eventually
fall under the MVPD rules. However, Sling TV just has a couple facilities
with their main integration point being in Cheyenne, Wyoming. I suppose
this doesn't affect LPTV much except that people who have Sling TV would
also want to have over-the-air antenna TV to receive the local channels.
It doesn't seem like the vMVPDs want to carry local channels much. AT&T TV
doesn't want to carry local TV stations except for the big network
stations. They said that they will revisit this every year or two. The
only bigger streaming solution that seemed to care much about LPTV was
Locast.org. They added KQSL. They also carry LPTV stations. They pick up
KQSL via KQTA-LD. I'm still waiting on Google TV and other vMVPDs to get
back to me.
Blessings,
Keith
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*From:* lptv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <lptv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf
of Norm Kaiser <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Saturday, January 30, 2021 9:35 AM
*To:* lptv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <lptv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* [lptv] Re: Great News for LPTV not carried on cable
Well that's very encouraging to read about Sling. I did not know that.
Have you seen the interface? Are the OTA channels listed alongside the
streaming channels in the Sling channel guide?
Norm Kaiser - Manager of Business Development
*RIGHTNOWTV*
http://www.RightNowTelevision.com
norm.kaiser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Saturday, January 30, 2021, 11:31:16 AM CST, craigf199 <
dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
One would presume viewers would still want to get their local stations
carrying the major national networks, so for LPTV You Tube is no good since
LPTVs aren't streamed on it, however Sling is good for LPTV since to watch
major networks "Air TV," comes bundled with an antenna and they have LPTVs
in their online channel list.
Craig Fox
WTVU/WMJQ
Syracuse, NY
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-----Original Message-----
From: Norm Kaiser <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: lptv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <lptv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sat, Jan 30, 2021 12:19 pm
Subject: [lptv] Re: Great News for LPTV not carried on cable
Is it really good news? I would imagine most of these folks are simply
going from cable to a streaming provider like YouTube TV or Sling.
On Saturday, January 30, 2021, 07:30:07 AM CST, SuperFrank Copsidas <
sf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/almost-half-of-all-pay-tv-customers-are-likely-to-cut-the-cord-this-year/?utm_source=iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1952959&tid=2680994&cid=9fae2116c3f3662e38cc7bdb8c0ea45ce6d1f5b2b7ac1dbf8100214f23d4d387
