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That's a damn shame. But I cannot be surprised. Before the M&A craze, Nexstar didn't even live stream their newscasts online. To this day, most of the pre-2011 Nexstar stations still don't live stream. This latest move is just a stark contrast (a complete 180°) to what the other groups are doing. Scripps, Gray, Cox, even the O&Os, have gone all-in on streaming (especially on platforms (ie Roku & FireTV)). Where's Nexstar on any of this? And what's worse about it, as many folks are cutting the cord like crazy, how about when the power goes out, and they can't watch the broadcast without authentication? You might as well call this a paywall. It's not like they're streaming the entire linear station online.

Or how about this 1984? WTMJ open

WTMJ "News Force 4" promo (An apparently short lived designation for their ENG teams) from 1980 WTMJ News Open from the same era as the above promo: And last but not least, a complete WTMJ 10pm newscast, with commercials... from 1968! Includes a few minutes of The Tonight Show at the end.

That would be a terrible mistake if Nexstar rolled out restrictions to the remainder of its stations. And besides, it makes zero sense for them to do for local stations. They broadcast OTA, so why they would require people to sign-in via a TV provider has me confused as to the logic of it.

Bottom line is, you've seen one Nexstar station, you've seen them all. They have gotten quite good at bicycling stories between adjacent markets. And then there's NewsNation.

Nexstar was supposed to have a big "digital first" push among all its stations until the pandemic hit. You'll see a renewal of it for 2021, and, yes, they'll try to squeeze as much money from it as possible. Look for some of the bigger stations to be doing talk radio for TV online in between newscasts. I think WFLA already does a version of it.

I could remotely understand this for out-of-town viewers, but at least make it free for people who live inside the market, for pete's sake! On the other hand, they have the NewsNation debacle and have done little to make WGN America available outside of cable and satellite. What a seriously misguided strategy they have.

The WDIO were done by Linear Drift and that package was around before KOIN so not a knockoff. They were done by the same people.

The ghost of KidsClick attacks Sinclair from the grave! The FCC is fining WUTB in Baltimore over the block running Hot Wheels commercials during broadcasts of Team Hot Wheels.

It's keeping the momentum going at WKRN for sure. They had a good thing with the prior look, and this one works just as well. It's a great package that will work for virtually any Nexstar station, since it's not tied to a particular network's logos or styling. Some of the supers need work, but that's a producer thing so they don't cram too many words into the top line, and the "auto-squish" kicks in. While I like WSMV's look overall, it's maybe a little too flashy for them. If they were CBS or FOX, I'd be ok with it. The packages that WGCL and WHNS have work well for them. Unfortunately WTVF came down with the Scripps-itis. I don't know how they're doing these days, but it can't be good news for them, presentation-wise. And WZTV is your run-of-the-mill Sinclair station, J-Bar, Code Red and all.....

I see that to watch livestreams of WBRE/WYOU newscasts now, you have to login with a participating TV provider. So far, the only participating providers are four small local operations. Is Nexstar testing out restricting local station livestreams to pay TV subscribers or something? https://www.pahomepage.com/live-stream/