A reminder to those who are at risk of losing some channels Saturday: you can watch stations from the East, Central, and West coast with newly expanded ivi.tv, which remains $4.99 a month. We’ve had the service here since the first week it launched and it generally works well and delivers access to a very large number of network affiliates and stations. For football fans in particular, ivi.tv is a great way to avoid local blackouts. For an additional dollar a month, the player can timeshift programming by recording it to watch later.
The ivi service is not done adding channels either. Philadelphia is forthcoming in a few weeks, and ivi will carry all of the market’s network signals. What is still missing? A mountain time zone bouquet of stations — Denver being the obvious choice.
If you want to give it a shot, here is the sign-up form: ivi.tv
Current Channel Guide
- WCBS 2 (CBS) New York
- WNBC 4 (NBC) New York
- WNYW 5 (Fox) New York
- WABC 7 (ABC) New York
- WPIX 11 (The CW) New York
- WNET 13 (PBS) New York
- Universal Sports (NBC) New York
- Kids 13 (PBS) New York
- Qubo (Ion) New York
- WWOR 9 (My TV) New York
- WPXN (Ion) New York
- Estrella TV (LBI) New York
- WXTV Univision (UCI) New York
- WFUT TeleFutura (UCI) New York
- WNJU Telemundo (NBC) New York
- New York NonStop (NBC) New York
- KCBS 2 (CBS) Los Angeles
- KNBC 4 (NBC) Los Angeles
- KTLA 5 (The CW) Los Angeles
- KABC 7 (ABC) Los Angeles
- KCAL 9 (CBS) Los Angeles
- KTTV 11 (FOX) Los Angeles
- KOCE 50 (PBS) Los Angeles
- KCOP 13 (My Network) Los Angeles
- KMEX 34 Univision (UCI) Los Angeles
- KVEA 52 Telemundo (NBC) Los Angeles
- KAZA 54 (TV Azteca) Los Angeles
- KSCI 18 SBS Korean Los Angeles
- MBC-D (MBC) Korean Los Angeles
- Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) Los Angeles
- Enlace USA (TBN) Los Angeles
- WBBM 2 (CBS) Chicago
- WMAQ 5 (NBC) Chicago
- WLS 7 (ABC) Chicago
- WGN 9 (The CW) Chicago
- WTTW 11 (PBS) Chicago
- WFLD 32 (FOX) Chicago
- WCIU 26 (The U) Chicago
- MeTV (WWME) Chicago
- MeToo (WMEU) Chicago
- Chicago NonStop (NBC) Chicago
- WLS Live Well (ABC) Chicago
- WYCC 21 (PBS) Chicago
- KOMO 4 (ABC) Seattle
- KING 5 (NBC) Seattle
- KIRO 7 (CBS) Seattle
- KCTS 9 (PBS) Seattle
- KSTW 11 (The CW) Seattle
- KCPQ 13 (Fox) Seattle
- KZJO (My Network TV) Seattle
- KONG 6/16 (Belo) Seattle
- Retro TV (RTV) Seattle
- V-ME (PBS) Seattle
- This TV (MGM) Seattle
- Create TV (PBS) Seattle
- ScreenPlay
- TopShop Direct
- CedarburgTV
- Intereconomia Business TV
- Orange Sport Info
- Sport Italia
- RTL 102.5
- CCTV9
- Zeilsteen TV
- Telemicro
- Play TV
Any update on the lawsuits filed against this company?
ivi has sued broadcasters and they have sued back, which means the whole affair is mired in legal never-never-land. ivi has also come out in the last few days opposing the Comcast-NBC merger, which was an interesting development. But Comcast is no fan of ivi either. Frankly, if the cable industry got behind ivi for self-serving purposes and managed to find a way to help it set a precedent, imagine what would happen if Time Warner and Comcast could tell someone like Sinclair to go pound salt — “we’ll carry whatever stations we like and pay the copyright royalties to… Read more »