Comment on TV Execs Warn FCC: NextGen TV DRM Could Turn Free TV Into Gambling and Pay-TV Platforms
masterofn001@lemmy.ca 3 days agoI’m Canadian ans live near a fairly large US city.
I only use OTA and sites that sail the high seas.
My 20$ antenna gets me between 50 - 60 channels - weather and season dependent.
If/when OTA dies, my TV will never be used again.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
You’re very lucky. I lived 60 miles south of Seattle, 30 miles southwest of Tacoma, and was able to get a single channel with an antenna because my city was in a valley surrounded by mountainous terrain and so the broadcast signals from the TV towers were all blocked by the terrain.
I also worked in local television for a long time in the early 2000s and 3 out of 4 of the stations I worked at no longer exist and there are fewer and fewer rural stations, so unless you live in the big city or unless you’re in a very flat area where the big city signal can get to you, you’re shit out of luck.