Dutch_12078 Posted July 23, 2021 Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 Today Locast announced they've added the Pittsburgh, PA DMA to their roster, bring them to 35 markets covering 54% of the US population. https://www.locast.org/ Now serving: Atlanta Baltimore Boston Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Columbus Dallas Denver Detroit Houston Indianapolis Los Angeles Madison Miami Minneapolis New York Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland Puerto Rico Raleigh Rapid City Sacramento San Francisco Scranton Seattle Sioux City Sioux Falls Tampa Bay Tri-Cities (Bristol, Kingsport, Johnson City) Washington DC West Palm Beach Quote Dutch 2001 GBM Landau 34' Class A F-53 Chassis, Triton V10, TST TPMS 2011 Toyota RAV4 4WD/Remco pump ReadyBrute Elite tow bar/brake system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou Schneider Posted July 23, 2021 Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) Locast is designed to stream over the air TV stations only to areas within their local markets. If you're within the market you can get the same programming using an OTA antenna. If you're outside the market you have to use a VPN or other subterfuge to defeat the geofencing. Edited July 23, 2021 by Lou Schneider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mptjelgin Posted September 4, 2021 Report Share Posted September 4, 2021 I looks like Locast has shut down after a court ruled against them. Locast Shutting Down Quote Mark & Teri 2021 Grand Designs Imagine 2500RL, 2019 Ford F-350 Mark & Teri's Travels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynosback Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 (edited) On 9/3/2021 at 6:18 PM, mptjelgin said: I looks like Locast has shut down after a court ruled against them. Locast Shutting Down What, I just watched it last Saturday? I can’t read the link as you need to subscribe. But Googled it. So sad. Edited September 5, 2021 by rynosback Quote 2015 Ram 3500 RC DRW CTD AISIN 410 rear 2016 Mobile Suites 38RSB3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch_12078 Posted September 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 The judge ruled on one narrow issue in the case that triggered an agreement between Locast and the networks that they would suspend operations to avoid possible major fines or penalties. I expect Locast's lawyers are closely looking at their appeal options. Don't count them out yet. Quote Dutch 2001 GBM Landau 34' Class A F-53 Chassis, Triton V10, TST TPMS 2011 Toyota RAV4 4WD/Remco pump ReadyBrute Elite tow bar/brake system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynosback Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, Dutch_12078 said: The judge ruled on one narrow issue in the case that triggered an agreement between Locast and the networks that they would suspend operations to avoid possible major fines or penalties. I expect Locast's lawyers are closely looking at their appeal options. Don't count them out yet. I hope not. I don’t use the app much, but when I do I enjoy it. Do you think use of VPNs are any concern? Edited September 5, 2021 by rynosback Quote 2015 Ram 3500 RC DRW CTD AISIN 410 rear 2016 Mobile Suites 38RSB3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch_12078 Posted September 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 49 minutes ago, rynosback said: I hope not. I don’t use the app much, but when I do I enjoy it. Do you think use of VPNs are any concern? No, I don't think the relatively few people using VPN's was an issue. There is no law preventing viewers from getting stations outside of their Nielsen designated market. Locast was using industry standard geo-locking, so there shouldn't have been any issue on that end either. Quote Dutch 2001 GBM Landau 34' Class A F-53 Chassis, Triton V10, TST TPMS 2011 Toyota RAV4 4WD/Remco pump ReadyBrute Elite tow bar/brake system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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