Joan E. Solsman was CNET's senior media reporter, covering the intersection of entertainment and technology. She's reported from locations spanning from Disneyland to Serbian refugee camps, and she ...

Locast has been forced to permanently shut down its free broadcast streaming service, reports The Verge. The company took broadcast TV signals — channels that are already free with an antenna — and ...

WASHINGTON—The fight between broadcasters (ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC) and Locast is nearing its day in court, but the lawyers representing the broadcasters (plaintiffs) have filed a request for summary ...

In July 2019, an effort driven by the nation’s four major broadcast television networks — with the endorsement of the NAB — was launched in a New York Federal District Court to decide whether or not ...

For some cord-cutters, last week’s sudden demise of Locast hit hard, leaving them without affordable access to local channels. Several readers have told me that using an antenna just isn’t feasible ...

TV viewers looking to cut the cord and drop their cable or satellite services are getting a new option that could expand their viewing choices — as long as the company stays out of court. Locast, a ...