Judge issues injunction against shutter streaming service Locast
The injunction allows Locast to appeal a judge’s earlier ruling that found the service acted outside copyright exemptions.
The injunction allows Locast to appeal a judge’s earlier ruling that found the service acted outside copyright exemptions.
Dish Network has removed an integration with Locast on its streaming television service Sling TV.
The broadcast streaming service is effectively dead, but the copyright infringement trial against it will continue.
After an unfavorable court ruling this week, Locast says it will no longer interrupt live video streams with a request that a viewer donates.
A federal judge in New York denied Locast’s affirmative defense in a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by network broadcasters.
Local broadcast streamer Locast is now natively integrated into Vizio’s line of smart television sets, the company announced on Wednesday.
Locast has expanded to a 35th market, making local broadcast channels available to viewers served by the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area.
Locast is now offering its free streaming television service in the Raleigh-Durham broadcast market.
Locast announced on Monday its expansion to another local market, one that serves television viewers across three states.
Broadcasters accuse Locast of operating under a “freemium” model, not as a not-for-profit as claimed.