Vizio Provides 20 Native Fox and Grey TV Channels to Its Sensible TVs

Vizio is bringing native TV channels to a few of their customers straight via their sensible TV working system. Vizio customers in choose cities will now have free entry to their native Fox or Grey TV channels via Vizio’s WatchFree Plus, an app on Vizio sensible TVs, the corporate stated Wednesday. 

Vizio customers in 10 cities, together with Los Angeles, Atlanta and Washington, DC, will now be capable of watch their native Fox stations via WatchFree Plus. Clients in one other 10 cities, which embody Kansas Metropolis, Missouri; Nashville, Tennessee; and Charlotte, North Carolina, may have entry to their native Grey Tv stations. 

“We’re thrilled to companion with VIZIO in launching these native channels on WatchFree Plus,” Pat LaPlatney, the Co-CEO of Grey Tv, stated in a weblog submit on Wednesday. “From Atlanta to Phoenix to Cleveland, viewers can now keep related to their native information, climate, and sports activities, all with the comfort of their VIZIO Sensible TV.”

Vizio has already partnered with CBS stations in New York Metropolis and Los Angeles, together with Information 12 in New York, to offer native TV channels to its viewers via WatchFree Plus. The app additionally contains content material from Bloomberg Originals, CBC Information, CBS Information, CNN RePlay, FOX Climate, LiveNow from FOX, NBC Information Now, Reuters, Scripps Information, The Hill, USA Right now, WeatherNation and Yahoo Finance, amongst others. 

Vizio’s push into native markets might assist bolster the enchantment of their sensible TV system, which was redesigned final month. Most customers want native channels not just for information and climate but in addition for native sports activities and leisure protection. Many native broadcast channels are included in cable packages, in addition to in some stay TV streaming companies. Twine cutters also can get native networks without spending a dime by utilizing an antenna, although you will must pay for the gear. The inclusion of those channels right into a available app could possibly be interesting to some customers. 

Here is the total listing of Fox and Grey TV stations on Vizio’s WatchFree Plus: 

Fox channels:

1. WAGA (FOX 5 – Atlanta) – Ch. 945 

2. WTTG (FOX 5 – Washington, DC) – Ch. 946 

3. WJBK (FOX 2 – Detroit) – Ch. 947

4. KDFW (FOX 4 – Dallas) – Ch. 948

5. WTVT (FOX 13 – Tampa Bay, Florida) – Ch. 949

6. KTVU (FOX 2 – San Francisco) – Ch. 950

7. WTXF (FOX 29 – Philadelphia) – Ch. 951

8. WOFL (FOX 35 Orlando, Florida) – Ch. 952

9. KCPQ (FOX 13 Seattle) – Ch. 953

10. KTTV (FOX 11 – Los Angeles) – Ch. 955

Grey Tv channels:

1. WANF Atlanta Information First (Unbiased – Atlanta) – Ch. 961

2. KTVK/KPHO Arizona’s Household (CBS 5 – Phoenix) – Ch. 962

3. WOIO Cleveland 19 Information (CBS 19 – Cleveland/Akron) – Ch. 963

4. WBTV Information (CBS 3 – Charlotte, North Carolina) – Ch. 964

5. KPTV (FOX 12 – Portland, Oregon) – Ch. 965

6. KMOV4 Information (CBS 4 – St. Louis) – Ch. 966

7. WSMV4 Information (CBS 4 – Nashville, Tennessee) – Ch. 967

8. KCTV5 Information (CBS 5 – Kansas Metropolis, Missouri) – Ch. 968

9. WFSB Eyewitness Information 3 (CBS 3 – Hartford/New Haven, Connecticut) – Ch. 969

10. WXIX-TV (FOX19 Now – Cincinnati) – Ch. 970