Free The Airwaves: Why Local TV Should Be Streamable For Everyone
Free The Airwaves: Why Local TV Should Be Streamable For Everyone
admin 2026/02/08 16:50In the Boston area today, a growing number of viewers can open an app and watch local ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, PBS, and independent broadcast TV stations live — without a cable subscription, without a streaming bundle, and without paying a monthly fee.
The service, called LocalTV+, is operated by a Massachusetts nonprofit and works by capturing over-the-air broadcast signals and delivering them digitally to to phones, tablets, and connected TV devices within the local market.
At first glance, LocalTV+ looks like a clever workaround — a Locast-like resurrection for the cord-cutting era. But look closer and it represents something more important: a reminder that the long-standing promise of free broadcast television is increasingly at odds with how Americans actually watch TV — and with how the law treats modern distribution.
When “Free TV” Isn’t Really Free
LocalTV+ exists because the traditional ways of accessing broadcast television no longer work equally well for everyone. Antennas and the reception they provide can be...
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The service, called LocalTV+, is operated by a Massachusetts nonprofit and works by capturing over-the-air broadcast signals and delivering them digitally to to phones, tablets, and connected TV devices within the local market.
At first glance, LocalTV+ looks like a clever workaround — a Locast-like resurrection for the cord-cutting era. But look closer and it represents something more important: a reminder that the long-standing promise of free broadcast television is increasingly at odds with how Americans actually watch TV — and with how the law treats modern distribution.
When “Free TV” Isn’t Really Free
LocalTV+ exists because the traditional ways of accessing broadcast television no longer work equally well for everyone. Antennas and the reception they provide can be...
➤➤➤ SEE MORE
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