A newish, under-the-radar option is Locast. It’s like an app version of a $50 antenna you can get from Best Buy, and it’s free and easy to use. For someone like me, weaned on Netflix, Locast is too ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Because networks are regulated by the government, under the covenant that they reach viewers at no charge over the air, Locast’s ...

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

After losing a ruling in a case brought by the big broadcast networks, the streaming app is suspending service "effective immediately." By Alex Weprin, Eriq Gardner The streaming TV app Locast is ...

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 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 ...

The founder of Locast, a non-profit determined by a federal judge to have improperly distributed broadcast TV network signals, has agreed to pay $32 million to settle a lawsuit. The settlement (read ...

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

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 ...

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2019 file photo, The Locast website is displayed on a computer screen in New York. Locast, a service that streamed local TV for free in nearly three dozen U.S. cities, is ...