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Re:Live TV on Plex by stinkytaco on Thursday June 01, 2017 @11:45AM (#14461267)
Sports is probably the only reason I bothered to mount an OTA antenna in my attic. I don't get cable or satellite, nor do I watch any TV shows, but the quality of HD sports with an OTA antenna is great, and it's live.

I can't imagine I'm the only one. Sports is pretty much the only thing I can't get from iTunes or streaming.

Re:Live TV on Plex by johne20 on Thursday June 01, 2017 @12:28PM (#14461718)
+1 Same here. And I assume Youtube TV knows this as well as they are the only streaming service I know of pushing to include NBC, FOX, CBS, ABC local channels. "Stream live TV from ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN"
Re:Live TV on Plex by marrone12 on Thursday June 01, 2017 @12:33PM (#14461789)
PS Vue also has local channels
Re:Live TV on Plex by johne20 on Thursday June 01, 2017 @12:35PM (#14461802)
In my market (Seattle) Vue only has CBS. I specifically want to watch College and NFL FB. NFL is generally on Fox & CBS OTA channels and ABC has many college games. (Other games are on NFL Network, ESPN, and Twitter, which are available via streaming)
Re:Live TV on Plex by majormajor on Thursday June 01, 2017 @07:31PM (#14465954)
Youtube TV isn't even available in Seattle at the moment ( https://support.google.com/youtubetv/answer/7068923 ), so the value proposition there is a bit mixed compared to the available services with mixes of affiliates in many markets.

I assume everybody wants all of them in all markets, it's just a different strategy of when to make something available. E.g. what if you're like me, and primarily watch college sports on ESPN, and don't really care about NBC or Fox locals in your market?

Re:Live TV on Plex by Larrikin on Thursday June 01, 2017 @02:06PM (#14462812)
Local news and sports games were the reason I bought my antennae.

Honestly it's painful at this point watching regular tv when my internet goes down. It seems like Plex should still work in that case though.