After losing a ruling in a case brought by the big broadcast networks, the streaming app is suspending service "effective immediately." By Alex Weprin, Eriq Gardner The streaming TV app Locast is ...

When the free streaming service Locast shut down last month after losing a crucial court battle with TV networks, it left millions of users without a cheap way to stream local TV channels. But ...

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2019 file photo, The Locast website is displayed on a computer screen in New York. Locast, a service that streamed local TV for free in nearly three dozen U.S. cities, is ...

The popular app for cord-cutters suffered an adverse decision in late summer and has now agreed to be permanently shut down. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large A case that began with hype ...

BOCA RATON, FLA. — The controversial local broadcast TV streaming service some companies believe is illegally distributing stations without a retransmission agreement has invaded South Florida’s two ...

WASHINGTON—The fight between broadcasters (ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC) and Locast is nearing its day in court, but the lawyers representing the broadcasters (plaintiffs) have filed a request for summary ...

A nonprofit group called Locast has been offering users live streams to local broadcast channels such as ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC. It was perfect for cable cord-cutters who wanted to watch their NCIS ...

SAN FRANCISCO—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has joined the defense team for Locast streaming service in the copyright lawsuit being levied by major broadcasters ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC. The ...

Locast was ordered to shut down its online TV service forever in a permanent injunction issued yesterday by a federal judge. The order came two weeks after the judge gave major broadcast networks a ...