Locast suspends operations — here’s how to keep watching your local channels

Locast — the nonprofit service that streamed local broadcast TV channels from a few dozen major markets — has shut down following summary judgment by a federal court. (That basically means the judge effectively said there’s no way you’re ever going to win this, and there’s absolutely no need for a trial to waste everyone’s time.)

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