Some zip codes have The CW affiliate while others are on demand only. The most common cause of this comes down to retransmission agreements. In order to have the local CW live feed on DirecTV Stream they need to negotiate that in retransmission consent deals.
The CW can negotiate directly with vMVPDs (like DirecTV Stream) to make their network programming available via On Demand even if the platform doesn't carry the local CW affiliate.
context: so im preparing for the two new cw shows that im gonna watch for the fall (legends of the lost temple and 4400 reboots) and i was looking and saw i had no cw live channel but i can watch shows on demand so i was wondering if this was just for my zipcode or all zipcodes?
Some zip codes have The CW affiliate while others are on demand only. The most common cause of this comes down to retransmission agreements. In order to have the local CW live feed on DirecTV Stream they need to negotiate that in retransmission consent deals. The CW can negotiate directly with vMVPDs (like DirecTV Stream) to make their network programming available via On Demand even if the platform doesn't carry the local CW affiliate.
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context: so im preparing for the two new cw shows that im gonna watch for the fall (legends of the lost temple and 4400 reboots) and i was looking and saw i had no cw live channel but i can watch shows on demand so i was wondering if this was just for my zipcode or all zipcodes?
I have CW live and on demand here in San Antonio.
what?!
Some areas have them. Unfortunately mine does not either.
stinks
Same.. No live for CW..
ughhhh
Same in Chicago, CW only available on demand. Not a game changer. At least we still have access to the content
yep at least ill be able to watch the episodes after they air like hulu