Local Now

Local Now
	Local Now logo
Country	United States
Broadcast area	United States; Canada (launch in 2024)
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	1080p (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	The Weather Group, LLC; (consortium owned by NBCUniversal (Comcast), The Blackstone Group and Bain Capital, 2016–2018;; Entertainment Studios, 2018–present);
Sister channels	The Weather Channel; Weatherscan; Entertainment Studios Networks; Justice Central;
History
Launched	January 25, 2016
Links
Website	www.localnow.com
Availability
Streaming media
Official service	localnow.com#/video; (U.S. Internet subscribers only; users must enter ZIP code or city to view localized content);
Service(s)	Frndly TV, FuboTV, Sling TV, Xumo, YouTube TV

Local Now (stylized as "local now") is an American over-the-top internet television service owned by The Weather Group, LLC, a subsidiary of Entertainment Studios.^[2]^[3] A spinoff of The Weather Channel, Local Now primarily provides a cyclic playlist of weather, news, sports, entertainment and lifestyle segments, incorporating localized content through feeds geared to a user-specified area.

Originally developed as a hybrid TV Everywhere service intended for subscribers of virtual multichannel video programming distributors (vMVPD), after it was acquired by Entertainment Studios in 2018, Local Now converted to a free-to-access model and has since expanded into a hybrid advertiser-supported streaming service, adding advertising video on demand (AVOD) content through digital linear channels and a selection of VOD programming supplied by Entertainment Studios, and various news providers and independent content distributors.

Local Now's programming is streamed live on the network's website; through apps for Amazon Fire TV, Android, iOS, and Roku devices; and linear pay television via Dish Network (as an app on internet-connected Hopper set-top boxes), YouTube TV, FuboTV and Sling TV. The service is operated from The Weather Channel's corporate headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia by a skeleton crew of three staff members.^{[citation needed]}

^ "Weather Channel sold to independent studio, distributor". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Cox Enterprises. March 22, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
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[1] "Weather Channel sold to independent studio, distributor". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Cox Enterprises. March 22, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.

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