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Is a New Option for Local Stations Coming Soon?
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Sep 25, 2024
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it's one of the biggest problems cord
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cutters face but nobody seems to be in a
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hurry to do anything about it is that
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about to change welcome in let's start
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with this comment it comes from a viewer
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who has YouTube TV but they say they'd
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cancel in a heartbeat but they just need
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another way to get their local stations
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maybe you can relate by now we all know
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an antenna is the best and cheapest way
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to get your local stations but if you
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don't have one you're probably paying 75
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bucks a month or more for a live TV
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streaming service that includes your
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locals ABC CBS FOX and NBC Today I've
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got an update on watching local channels
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without cable is a new streaming option
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coming soon well let's talk about what's
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going on you probably heard about the
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nearly two weekl long Carriage dispute
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between Disney and Direct TV which
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included the Direct TV stream service
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the two companies have made up all
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channels restored and after the
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settlement they've shared a few things
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with the public I want you to focus on
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the second bullet point here it is and
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it reads the opportunity to offer
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multiple genre specific options Sports
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entertainment kids and family inclusive
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of Disney's linear networks along with
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Disney Plus Hulu and ESPN plus now local
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stations what we're talking about today
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not specifically mentioned but I think
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that would be included with the sports
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bundle a lot of people watch local
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stations for news and weather of course
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syndicated shows like Jeopardy Wheel of
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Fortune and also a couple hours of prime
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time shows but these networks they carry
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a whole lot of Sports Programming
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especially when it gets to the weekends
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one example of this probably the best is
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the NFL I highlighted this in a recent
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video ABC CBS FOX and NBC they all carry
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at least some pro football games and
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what do we know about networks with
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sports they are the most expensive for
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pay TV services to carry with Disney's
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ESPN leading the way and of course that
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cost it's passed along to us as
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consumers now based on that set of facts
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I predict that Direct TV sports bundle
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with your locals would not cost less
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than $50 a month and there's a few
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reasons why I'm confident in that
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prediction first take a look here it's
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Infinity's Choice TV plan and this
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primarily offers broadcast TV stations
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the list price is low but after the
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broadcast TV fee 45 bucks a month then
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there's venue Sports the joint venture
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from Disney Fox Warner Brothers
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Discovery it's been put on hold but it
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was expected to start at $43 a month and
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that plan was only set to include two
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local stations ABC and fox and then
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there's sling TV it offers up to three
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local stations depending on your plan
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and depending on where you live sling
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starts at 4 40 bucks a month but cities
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with three local stations pay five bucks
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a month more now I hope you see where
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I'm coming from and the other big thing
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to consider is that Direct TV hasn't
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even announced these new plans yet it
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did announce a price increase on its
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current plans and that happened right in
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the middle of the dispute I imagine
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Direct TV's got to work out deals with
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companies other than Disney before the
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genre specific options are introduced so
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no need to keep refreshing Direct TV's
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website I'll be doing that and let you
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know if and when there are any plan
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changes so for now what can you do I'm
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going to get real specific about a few
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ways that you can get your local
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stations and save money I'm hoping that
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at least one of these options is going
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to work for you okay the first option is
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to rotate premium live TV services that
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includes your local stations and I've
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got them listed here this is going to
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allow you to take advantage of new and
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returning customer discounts things that
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I keep track of on Michael saves
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deals.com and if you've decided to stick
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with one of these expensive premium live
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TV services you can also score some
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savings by cycling through cashback
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offers from your credit card company all
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right a little more about sling TV now
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and usually when I talk about this
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service I've got a big disclaimer it's
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best for people who can get their locals
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with an antenna but I do have an
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exception to that rule these are the
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five cities where sling TV carries the
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most local Studio stations if you live
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in New York La Philadelphia Chicago or
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San Francisco you can get ABC Fox and
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NBC with sling so what about CBS well
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sling does not carry any CBS stations
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but you can subscribe to another app
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Paramount plus with showtime and get a
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247 live feed of your local CBS station
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it's a workaround that may be able to
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save you some money while we're talking
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about Paramount plus that service can
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also come in handy if you have an
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antenna but it only picks up some local
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stations and that's pretty common with
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some indoor antennas in addition to
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Paramount plus offering CBS peacock
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subscribers can get their local NBC
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station with peacock Premium Plus so you
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might be wondering why don't ABC and fox
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have more streaming options well Hulu's
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on demand service actually has a lot of
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content from both of those networks it's
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available the day after they air on
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Broad TV but this is the important part
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there is no live stream on Hulu at least
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not yet people have been asking about
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that for years and right now at the time
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I'm recording this video Disney seems to
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be trying to get more people to sign up
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for Hulu now let it shut down the ABC
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Network app and if you want to watch
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live TV they're recommending that you
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sign up for Hulu Plus live TV that's one
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of the premium live TV services I
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mentioned them earlier it's similar to
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YouTube TV and costs around $80 a month
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meanwhile fox has taken a much different
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approach to streaming it owns tub a
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popular and very good free streaming
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service but it doesn't have a
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subscription streaming service where it
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could offer a live feed of fox and no
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they're not giving that away free on tub
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so even if you can't get all four locals
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with an antenna I think it may be worth
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testing out see if you can get some of
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them particularly ABC and fox since we
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have those other affordable options for
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CBS and NBC I've got a moho Leaf indoor
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antenna there's a tool on Moo's website
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you can enter your ZIP code get an
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estimate of the channels you would pick
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up they've also got this free app and it
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helps you point your antenna in the
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right direction very important very
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helpful if you're thinking about buying
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an indoor antenna I always recommend
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getting one on Amazon there's an easy
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return process if it doesn't work out
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I'll link down below to the mohoo leaf
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that I use even if Direct TV or another
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provider offers a new option for local
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channels I am not optimistic about the
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price point someone commented recently
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said they missed the days of low cast
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and I agree that donation-based service
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was shut down in 2021 after the
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broadcast TV network sued over copyright
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issues I would expect any low cast
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copycats to be shut down quickly the
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closest thing to it is puffer this is an
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academic project at Stanford University
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it's allowed people to stream local
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stations out of San Francisco but you
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have to watch through its website and
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only 500 people can stream at once I
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post a monthly news video and that's my
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way of keeping you updated on any
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changes so subscribe if you want to see
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that and visit Michael saves deals for
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more ways to save on streaming TV see
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you next time