Judy26
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Post by Judy26 on Mar 2, 2022 0:08:23 GMT
I finally got rid of cable a few months ago. I haven’t missed it one bit until recently. I would now really like to be able to keep up with the Ukrainian situation without signing back up for a bunch of channels I would never watch. We don’t live in an area where I can pick up any local programming through an antenna. Any suggestions for how I can watch up to date news?
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Post by MichyM on Mar 2, 2022 0:18:39 GMT
I watch the local and national news on NBC (get it on my digital antenna). If I want more info I go to cnn, reuters, bbc, etc websites. Honestly, I've been very glad to miss the minute by minute 24/7 coverage. For me it's been a lot healthier than having constant news about disasters, wars, and the like at the click of a remote. I tend to find myself getting too wrapped up in it. ANYHOW...can you get "cable" news on something like YoutubeTV? I know I had it when I had Hulu Live. I believe other streaming services have the cable networks on them as well. And you can just sign up for whatever streaming service for a month or two, and then drop it again. Parse it out to a daily cost and it's much more palatable price for a short term (IMHO)  |
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Post by littlemama on Mar 2, 2022 0:20:01 GMT
We have Hulu Live for live TV, including local and national news stations
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Post by Bridget in MD on Mar 2, 2022 0:22:54 GMT
We use sling for live tv
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Post by katlady on Mar 2, 2022 0:37:03 GMT
Our local news channels have FB pages where they post local and world news. I think some have apps too. I know the big 3 have apps for your devices.
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Post by sassyangel on Mar 2, 2022 0:40:23 GMT
For news current cheapest option is Philo $25 a month, I think. I’ve been watching BBC world news on Ukraine news on it. CNN and MSNBC have been driving me a bit batty with their coverage on this.
PlutoTV is free, I can get content from CNN (not always live) and NBC news content and cBS news LA/NY channels on it. It’s free so you could check it out and see if it’s enough news content for what you need for this.
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scullybean
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Post by scullybean on Mar 2, 2022 0:45:41 GMT
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Post by busy on Mar 2, 2022 1:20:38 GMT
We have Hulu with Live TV. We’re happy with it.
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Post by Linda on Mar 2, 2022 1:21:44 GMT
I get my news online
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Mar 2, 2022 2:06:04 GMT
I don't have cable. I can watch local channels with a hard wired antenna.
I don't watch much tv.
I get the news daily, via television and newspaper websites or emails.
I am signed up on quite a few to receive emails. I get the daily morning news brief, the evening news brief, the weekly recap, breaking news as it happens. As well as the weekly book list, travel news, etc... There are many other email options to sign up for weather, traffic, arts & culture, the weekly food review, etc....
Plus, whenever there is major breaking news happening, there is always a post about it here on this message board.
If breaking news is happening local, I view the local station.
If breaking news if happening nationwide in the USA, I googled the nearest major city and stream it live from that area/cities local tv stations website.
Depending on what is happening (or not), it's a little or a lot of emails. I don't mind an inbox full of emails.
For those who don't like have a daily influx of incoming emails, this method of receiving news or being in the know, is not for them.
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Post by mom on Mar 2, 2022 2:28:04 GMT
We do Hulu Live. I could cancel that and not miss it but DH likes it. Since cutting cable, I hardly ever have the TV on and have grown to love the silence. It was always on when the kids were home and now the peace and quiet is nice.
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Post by voltagain on Mar 2, 2022 6:47:44 GMT
My local news channels all have web sites where I can watch the most recent local news casts "on demand" CNN has several platforms online as well for world news.
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Post by Basket1lady on Mar 2, 2022 12:36:58 GMT
We watch the CBS Evening News with Lester Holt. Kate Snow, Jose Diaz Balart, and Kristen Walker also regularly sub in for him. It’s free to watch on YouTube. Because of the time difference, we watch it the next day (we are 6 hours ahead of EST.). If it’s an emerging news story, we will also watch the live feed or 3 minute ish clips of newer stories.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2022 12:59:03 GMT
We were using sling. Now back to basic cable plus Hulu apps.
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Post by candygurl on Mar 2, 2022 13:06:32 GMT
We got rid of cable and use YouTube Tv. It was a lot cheaper and we can still the prime time channels. Only complaint is the guide has no number listings for the channel so you have to kind of memorize what channels you like and where they are. Except the prime time channels are listed first which is nice.
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Post by lisaknits on Mar 2, 2022 13:12:50 GMT
We got rid of cable and use YouTube Tv. It was a lot cheaper and we can still the prime time channels. Only complaint is the guide has no number listings for the channel so you have to kind of memorize what channels you like and where they are. Except the prime time channels are listed first which is nice. I use YouTube tv as well. candygurl, do you know that you can rearrange the order of the channels in your guide? I put all of my favorite channels at the top of my list. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 2, 2022 13:48:34 GMT
We watch our local CBS news station on the CBSN app on our tv.
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Post by workingclassdog on Mar 2, 2022 13:53:01 GMT
I'm an ex-cord cutter... I had to get it back. I thought I didn't watch too much (and I really don't) but I missed my schedule of the nightly news, certain shows. I got so tired of hunting and pecking for shows. So now I am back to Directv.. I hate paying for it.. but I'm much happier.. LOL.. (I think I am just too old to make all the streaming work the way I want to, I get so frustrated.)
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DEX
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Post by DEX on Mar 2, 2022 15:07:32 GMT
I have Direct TV Stream (It used to be AT&T). I have a Firestick and am able to watch the local news and record it so we don't have to watch the commercials.
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Post by jenna on Mar 2, 2022 17:12:33 GMT
Many standard stations have live news youtube channels -- NBC, CBS, ABC on top of having their own news websites with livestream capabilities.
BBCnews also has live format.
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Post by Scrapper100 on Mar 2, 2022 17:16:16 GMT
I don’t know how to locate them but a few weeks ago there was a link on the opening screen of my firestick and there were lots of options for live news from most of the major networks. I haven’t looked for it lately as we still have cable. I browsed the section as I am considering dropping cable
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Post by mollycoddle on Mar 2, 2022 17:27:15 GMT
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Post by bianca42 on Mar 2, 2022 17:34:04 GMT
I don't watch any live TV, including news.
I subscribe to a few daily news podcasts for national highlights and I get the rest of my news from news websites.
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Post by snugglebutter on Mar 2, 2022 17:40:16 GMT
We often watch PBS News Hour on Youtube.
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Post by Merge on Mar 2, 2022 17:45:37 GMT
We have DirecTV Stream for live stuff, but really just for sports. I get my news online - NPR and Reuters sites stay very up to date with fact-based coverage.
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Post by melanell on Mar 2, 2022 20:38:32 GMT
You can see news, both in articles and in video, on many news channel websites. I also see news on Youtube.
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