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    Why free streaming channels could be the future of broadcast TV news

    If TV news legends Walter Cronkite or David Brinkley were alive and still reporting today, you probably would be watching them on a streaming channel. Live news and sports are keeping a substantial number of viewers tuned in to traditional TV. But the audience migration to online video has led the news divisions at the "Big Three" broadcast networks to get deeper into the 24-hour news business ...
    by Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times Nov 07, 2022 5 minutes
    "Face the Nation" anchor John Dickerson, left, listens to a crew member prior to a presidential debate sponsored by CBS at Drake University on Nov. 14, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa.

    If TV news legends Walter Cronkite or David Brinkley were alive and still reporting today, you probably would be watching them on a streaming channel.

    Live news and sports are keeping a substantial number of viewers tuned in to traditional TV. But the audience migration to online video has led the news divisions at the "Big Three" broadcast networks to get deeper into the 24-hour news business through free, ad-supported channels that can be accessed on internet-connected TV sets and mobile devices.

    Walt Disney Co.'s ABC, Paramount Global's CBS and Comcast's NBC have all stepped up their investment in their services, giving viewers a destination for their reporting anytime without a pay TV subscription.

    The channels — NBC News Now, ABC News Live and CBS News Streaming — were launched over the last decade without much fanfare. But they

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