CINCINNATI—Scripp’s Nuvyyo USA has concluded a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to bring 45 FAST channels to Nuvyyo’s Tablo TV device.

The new FAST channels featuring content from Warner Bros. Discovery are now available for free via any fourth-generation Tablo app.

“We’re excited to bring recent hits and nostalgic favorites from the Warner Bros. Discovery catalog to Tablo users,” said Bo Schuerman, vice president of enterprise strategy at E.W. Scripps, Nuvyyo’s parent company. “Whether you’re a fan of The Bachelor, British mysteries, bake-offs or boxing, our new WBD-branded FAST channels offer something for everyone with no subscriptions and no fees.”

By pairing a Tablo device with an over-the-air TV antenna, consumers can enjoy the best of live local broadcast TV and free internet-based streaming programs through one cohesive app-based TV experience on any compatible screen in their home.

For a list of all the WBD-branded channels now available on Tablo, visit www.tablotv.com/wb-fast.

SAN JOSE, CALIF.—A group of companies including developers of antenna and hardware/software technologies have created a new marketing coalition to make it easier for consumers to view over the air broadcast with streaming services.

In the announcement of its formation last week, the companies, which include Antennas Direct, Hauppauge, Nuvyyo, Pixelworks, Plex GmbH, Resonian, and Shenzhen Geniatech cited the complexity cord-cutters face when trying to combine OTT/streaming services with free over-the-air local broadcasts.

“As a growing number of consumers abandon traditional cable and satellite subscriptions to gain increased control over content selection and the associated cost of video entertainment, they are often faced with added complexity as well as limited or overpriced access to local broadcast TV channels,” they said. “The genesis of FlexVU is a mutual end-goal of helping consumers “select the most seamless and high-performance cord cutting solutions, including the ability to access TV content from anywhere with a connected display device.”

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As part of its initiative, the coalition said it would be advancing what it termed “a broader ecosystem under a newly recognized and industry-supported brand.”

Along with offering so-called “skinny bundles”—lower cost OTT services which target cord-cutters—several consumer electronics vendors like DISH and TiVo have made recent attempts to integrate OTT and OTA. Earlier this year, DISH launched “AirTV” an over-the-top, over-the-air service that gives customers access to dozens of over-the-air broadcast channels across multiple devices inside and outside of the home. Last week TiVo introduced its “Bolt OTA for Antenna” which combines OTT and over-the-air signals, delivering four tuners and a one terabyte hard drive capable of recording 150 hours of HD programming. The company describes the new box as a an “upgrade” to its “Roamio” DVR, which targets cord-cutters and has been available for four years.

Likewise, FlexVU member Nuvyyo offers its Tablo device that features an OTA tuner that provides DVR-type services to over-the-air viewers, as well as the ability to stream OTA signals to home Wi-Fi setups.

The coalition defined five elements that make up the FlexVU initiative—TV antenna, TV tuner, transcoder, software for the user interface and a DVR that allows consumers to view content on any device anywhere. It has also launched a consumer education portal www.flexvu.tv, which includes specific product and component recommendations, testimonial videos from FlexVU partners and useful links to tools, such as a Channel Finder to help consumers determine what local TV channels can be access based on their zip code. In addition, the FlexVU Web site has a helpful animation that provides an easy to understand overview of the key benefits and messages of the FlexVU initiative.

OTTAWA—Nuvyyo is covering all the bases of the smart TV market now, as the company has announced the release of a native Tablo app for Samsung Smart TVs, meaning Tablo OTA DVRs now support all major smart TV operating systems, including Roku, Amazon Fire, Android TV, LG webOS and Samsung Tizen.

The Tablo Samsung Tizen smart TV app is optimized for lean-back viewing and enables users to discover, schedule, record and stream both live and recorded broadcast television programs using their TV remotes. The app provides access to Tablo’s content discovery, live playback and DVR functions, including pause, rewind, fast forward and series recording.

Consumers with Samsung smart TVs 2015 and later, and running the Tizen operating system, will be able to utilize the Tablo app. The app is available for download from the Samsung Tizen app store and www.TabloTV.com/apps.

OTTAWA—Providing a new way for cord-cutters to view and record over-the-air (OTA) broadcast content, Ottawa-based Nuvyyo, makers of the Tablo line of cloud-centric DVRs, has introduced the two-tuner Tablo Dual, its first new model to include onboard storage.

Retaining the same “local record/cloud access and view” concept as the existing Tablo models, the Dual improves the concept in some important ways. Thanks to 64GB of onboard storage, it can hold approximately 40 hours of recorded content. Recognizing that some users will need more storage, the Dual allows up to 8TB of external storage to be added via a USB connection.

The other major improvement is a compact form factor that is 20 percent smaller than the current models.

Carried over is the same user interface that provides flexible record programming, the ability to record or watch one OTA program while recording another, and flexible selection and playback of recorded programs. When the user adds a subscription to Tablo’s optional TV Guide service, additional features such as a 14-day program guide, out-of-home streaming and cover art and program metadata are added.

The use of Cloud-based, whole-home distribution means that Tablo devices do not have standard HDMI or analog outputs. Rather, apps for a wide variety of devices are used to access and select content for record and playback. Virtually all of the leading streaming products have a Tablo app, including Roku, Amazon FireTV, Chromecast, AppleTV and Android TV, as well as both iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. Xbox consoles, Roku TVs, Nvidia Shield and select LG WebOS products are also able to work with the Tablo system, as are Windows and OS-X computers via a web-based app.

The product will be available at retail and online from Best Buy and through the Tablo website for $250 starting on June 4. The current two-tuner Tablo model without internal storage remains available through a wider selection of retail and online outlets for $220. The optional extended guide service is $4 monthly, $50 annually or $150 lifetime.

This article first appeared on TVT's sister publication TWICE.