LTN is accelerating the digital evolution of US local broadcasters with innovations that enable stations to launch streaming channels faster, deliver live news and sports with precision, and distribute content to MVPDs, vMVPDs, and streaming platforms. With active services across a growing footprint of over 900 stations in every US TV market, LTN’s new advances extend the reach, efficiency, and monetization capabilities of its purpose-built IP video network.
“Broadcast stations can massively grow the value of their local content if they move quickly and operate across every available platform,” said Rick Young, SVP, Head of Global Products at LTN. “Our new capabilities are built into our global network, allowing us to give local broadcasters the speed, simplicity, and shortest path to ROI when launching streaming experiences, expand their footprint to MVPD, vMVPD, and OTT partners, and power digital revenue with localized, live news and sports.”
New capabilities expand reach across platforms
LTN’s latest hosted technology solutions are designed to simplify the process of bringing news programming and live sports on air and everywhere, quickly, for stations. This means faster time to launch and, more importantly, faster time to new revenue opportunities:
- Complete digital playout stack: Hosted linear and FAST playout for creating versioned channels with minimal operational and engineering effort.
- Live sports master control: A fully managed environment for acquiring, customizing, and managing local/regional sports broadcasts across platforms.
- Dynamic graphics: Integrated L-bars, tickers, and real-time data visualizations tied to sports and news content.
- SCTE-driven automation: Workflows triggered by SCTE or other metadata types to simplify switching, clipping, customization and publishing.
Fueling the future of local sports on every screen
As local and regional sports rights expand, broadcasters are turning to LTN as their primary source of live sports delivery. LTN enables stations to receive high-quality, low-latency game feeds from venues across the country, helping them expand their live sports programming with speed and reliability. These capabilities are already supporting sports coverage across top US broadcasters, including professional, college, and high school games.
Reinventing local news for the streaming era
LTN is expanding its offering to enable local stations to extend live news as their most trusted asset into new formats and channels. LTN’s technology is already powering digital news experiences for stations across six major broadcast groups, including stations in 80% of the top US TV markets.
Powering MVPD and vMVPD reach at scale
LTN is expanding its role as the go-to aggregation hub for local station feeds, providing vMVPDs and MVPDs with seamless, high-quality access to live broadcast signals nationwide. With an existing footprint reaching hundreds of broadcast stations and every US television market, entities looking to distribute or process local station signals can expect expedited service provisioning and expert project management throughout onboarding.
“We count on LTN to support our video networking and signal transport needs, reliably and at scale. They consistently innovate alongside us and remain a trustworthy partner,” said Joe Addalia, Vice President, Broadcast Technology for Hearst Television, Inc.
LTN’s purpose-built IP network for real-time video delivers nearly 8,000 channels and millions of live events annually, making it the critical backbone for bringing live news and sports to every screen. LTN enables instant, reliable delivery to 98% of US pay TV households, with a clear path to 100% by 2026.