Local PBS stations on Prime

[MartyDe]

I find this interesting because they will carry local stations. It says 150 stations, which I will guess hits a lot of the country.

PBS Local Stations, Kids, Drama and Documentary FAST Channels Added to Amazon’s Prime Video Offerings

PBS' local stations and kids, drama and documentary free FAST channels have been added to Amazon's Prime Video offerings.

variety.com

 

[comfortably_numb]

PBS linear feeds are already available in the PBS app. You can watch your local PBS there for free. The stations you receive are based on IP address location.

 

[NYDutch]

PBS linear feeds are already available in the PBS app. You can watch your local PBS there for free. The stations you receive are based on IP address location.

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Using the IP address is a problem for me. Spectrum says I'm in Albany, NY, Verizon says I'm in Syracuse, NY, and AT&T says I'm in NYC.

 

[comfortably_numb]

Using the IP address is a problem for me. Spectrum says I'm in Albany, NY, Verizon says I'm in Syracuse, NY, and AT&T says I'm in NYC.

Using a VPN is a workaround, I set my location to Los Angeles and it gives me a choice of 3 local PBS nets.

 

[MartyDe]

Using a VPN is a workaround, I set my location to Los Angeles and it gives me a choice of 3 local PBS nets.

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Is it possible you will get the station based on your Amazon record of location?

 

[comfortably_numb]

Is it possible you will get the station based on your Amazon record of location?

I doubt it. It will likely depend on which device you're using to watch. Streamers like Roku can only identify your location by IP. Phones can use GPS to set your location. PC's are a mixed bag.

 

[NYDutch]

I doubt it. It will likely depend on which device you're using to watch. Streamers like Roku can only identify your location by IP. Phones can use GPS to set your location. PC's are a mixed bag.

Agreed...I prefer the ones that use my phone's GPS. My fake GPS app means I can be anywhere I want to be. That was really handy when we were full time living in our motorhome and used the MyDish app to change our locals. Sometimes I didn't like the locals that Dish picked, so I would just "move" to get the ones I wanted.