Watch Free Over-The-Air TV Channels Online (No, Really)

April 21, 2021April 25, 2021 David Delgado Cord Cutting

If you can’t receive all of your channels, or you live in a city that doesn’t carry what you want, there are in-fact ways to watch additional channels at no extra cost to you.

I live a short distance from the broadcast towers for my media market but there are still channels I can’t get. So I thought for a moment “I’m not going to be the only person in this position.” There are a shocking number of channels which are available to watch online that would otherwise be available “OTA” (Over-the-Air). I’ve collected as many as I can, and made a list.

A good faith attempt was made to select streams that are made available by the TV network itself.

Here is my list of Digital TV channels in the US which are available to watch free online without the need to login with a cable or “OTT” (Over-the-top) provider. This also means you can watch them without an antenna!

Unless the service provides streams for different time zones/regions, expect the streams to be for Eastern/Central US time.

This list was last updated April 22, 2021.

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National Major Networks

PBS – watch your local station based on the media market you live in.
PBS Kids

Entertainment Sub Channels

BizTV
BUZZR
Circle TV (via XUMO)
CGTN America Note: English-language Chinese network
Charge! (via STIRR)
Comet TV
Court TV (via PlutoTV)
Dabl (via PlutoTV)
Deutsche Welle Note: English, Spanish, German and Arabic feeds
Link TV
MeTV (in supported markets via app only: MeTV for Android; MeTV for Apple devices)
NBC Lx
NHK World Note: English-language Japanese network
Positiv
Retro TV
TBD.
The Country Channel
Weather Nation (via PlutoTV)
YTA TV

News

Cheddar News
France 24 Note: English, Spanish, French and Arabic feeds
NewsNet

Sports Sub Channels

beIN Sports XTRA (via XUMO)
Stadium

Non-English Sub Channels

African Audiences

NTA TV

Armenian

Most streams are from Armenia and US broadcasts are time-shifted. Streams are likely Armenia time, UTC+4.

AABC TV
AMGA TV (via Haykakan TV)
ARTN
H2 TV (via Haykakan TV)
Horizon Armenian TV
Kentron TV (via SPB TV)
US Armenia

Chinese

Most streams are from China and US broadcasts are time-shifted. Streams are likely China time, UTC+8.

CCTV National and international feeds
Guangdong TV (广东电视台)
iCiTi
NTDTV (新唐人電視台) – International and local feeds
SinoVision (美国中文电视)
U Channel

Korean

Some streams are from South Korea and US broadcasts are time-shifted, while others are produced in the US Pacific, UTC-8. South Korea time is UTC+9.

Arirang TV Korea, World feeds
KBS World 24 (via YouTube)
MBC America Note: Subtitles in English
YTN

Spanish

Streams are produced in the United States.

America TeVé (via The Roku Channel)
CGTN-Español Note: Spanish-language Chinese network
Estrella TV (via XUMO)
Multimedios

Vietnamese

Some streams are from Vietnam and US broadcasts are time-shifted, while others are produced in the US Pacific, UTC-8. Vietnam time is UTC+7.

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