Yes it is standard that the local Fox channel to only show primetime and Fifa World Cup. Most of us have antennas to get the local channels all the time along with TVE.
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They are only supposed to show prime time and some sports, but sometimes you can tune to "Sign Off" and see local programming.
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Only the few Fox owned and operated stations stream 7/24, everyone else gets the national feed.
If you Link Provider at the Fox website, the schedule it shows for your local station should match what you see in Channels DVR.
I also have an antenna but was trying to figure out a way to move away from it due to reliability issues, weather, topography, etc. I guess it seems strange that it's just FOX that does this - in contrast ABC, NBC, and CBS don't seem to hide their local programming from TVE. Well, of course there's PBS that is a lost cause, and about 50 other sub-channels missing in TVE. Bummer.
Originally when Fox was added, it was just the Fox Owned and Operated stations available.
See first post
Users asked if they could get their local Fox stations added, even though they only provide Primetime programming. The devs responded by updating Channels DVR to provide access to Fox for anyone that could authenticate at their website for a local station.
You may be able to find a source for your local news, if that's all that you're interested it. I added Plex Live TV as a source and found a station that plays my local Fox news broadcast on a loop.
Instructions for adding Custom Channels can be found here: Master-list Free Working M3U (Custom Channels) - Playground / Custom Channels - Channels Community (getchannels.com)
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Hi there.
Noob question.
I know this is experimental and the first post gave information of supported stations or "check the live stream to test" recommendations.
Before paying for a steaming service to see if experimental local network works, is there anyway to know that the "major metros" that local network successful in? (It worked in San Francisco Bay area but now I'm in Las Vegas, NV ... if that helps.)
Thank you in advance.
Unless someone is in the same area and has the same service you will not know until you try it. If you can get a free trial that is probably the best route to find out.
Las Vegas has KTNV (ABC Affiliate), KVVU (CBS affiliate), and the FOXP station.
KSNVDT (NBC) Once worked but with the updates to NBC, it is no longer working
Will CHANNELS add Puffer as a cable provider on TVE so we will be able to watch the channels they offer live and free through the Stanford University project?
Puffer is only limited to 500 streams at a time. If I recall with what the Antenna Man Tyler said about that.
How is that a reason not to add the login to the TVE?
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Puffer is not a cable provider and it doesn't support TVE login.
It would make more sense to add a Custom Channel, but that's not possible because Puffer uses a new experimental streaming protocol instead of any standard that Custom Channels supports.
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Thank you!
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UPDATE;
I've lost access to WTVC in the Nashville DMA. WKRN in Nashville doesn't offer a TVE stream. But up until a few days ago I could get WTVC from Chattanooga. Now I get an error that it's not in my subscription. If I recall correctly the mods had to manually add this channel to my subscription line-up years back. I'm not sure if the URL has changed. I can still get WTVC on abc.go.com with my Spectrum subscription login. Wondered if someone could help? Thanks
Did you try ticking and unticking the "Local Channels TVE" box...or rescanning?
Just tried that. I got, it added WDEF, Chattanooga CBS. But still no WTVC, Chattanooga ABC. It says "notAuthorized: Access to this program is not included in your Spectrum TV subscription. To learn more about adding this program, visit https://www.spectrum.net or call (855) 757-7328."
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Did you update to the latest prerelease?
Make sure you did all of this
I lost WKRN-ABC yesterday and sent the log to support. I can sign into the live stream on ABC.com with my DTVS credentials. I upgraded to the prerelease and did several rescans. All that did was drop the local FOX channel. I did not try to toggle local networks off and on. I'll try that when the FOX channel should be active tonight.