A ‘Legal vOTA’ Option Arrives. Will Retrans Deals Surface?

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RBR+TVBR EXCLUSIVE


There was Aereo. More recently and perhaps more infamously, there was Locast.

Each of the now-defunct services provided broadcast TV channels via an IPTV service, and each were criticized by the nation’s “Big Four” networks and the NAB for skirting retransmission consent accords.

Now comes a new “virtual Over the Air” streaming service offering a “local broadcast bundle” based on one’s location. And, the company offering the service, says, it is the first and only legal platform seen yet in the United States.

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