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Broadcast TV still exists, and now it’s sort of getting a built-in DVR


You’ll be able to pause live TV without a DVR or smart TV.

From all of that came a partnership with Pearl TV, an organization of nearly every major broadcaster in the US, including: Sinclair, Scripps, Hearst, Nexstar, and Cox. But this new partnership isn’t for Roxi’s music app; it’s for the underlying technology, dubbed FastStream, that can allow people to essentially have a DVR for live TV, no additional hardware, Wi-Fi, or fees required. NBCUniversal’s partnership also includes Pearl TV, but the tech being used appears to come from Ease Live, another company investing in broadcasting over ATSC 3.0, but with a focus more on sports.

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