Free, Local TV Streaming Service Zeam Launches Across United States; Here’s Everything You Need to Know
With football over until the fall, Zeam is a free option for local news if you decide to cancel your live-TV subscription.
One of the main reasons that many people resist completely cutting the cord is that they still want to have some connection to the local news and content that they are accustomed to without having to pay increasingly exorbitant live TV streaming subscription fees. Therefore, many people opt to stick with the increasingly exorbitant pay-TV subscription fees that they are used to. However, there is a new streaming service that provides free, local content from around the country that just might make it easier for consumers to ditch pay TV altogether. Over the weekend, the free, live-streaming service Zeam officially launched, designed to be the ultimate compliment to binge-watching titles from subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services.
Key Points:
- New free, locally focused streaming service Zeam is now available to download.
- Zeam features live, local content from 300 channels from nearly 80% of the biggest markets in the U.S.
- John Stamos starred in Zeam’s Super Bowl commercial, which was customized in almost 100 markets.
What Is New, Local Streaming Service Zeam?
Zeam is a new, free streaming service from parent company Syncbak that focuses on news, sports, and culture from hundreds of local television stations across the country. The highly personalized hub provides streaming options both live and on-demand. The prospects of the platform have already led to partnerships with some of the biggest local news brands in the country. At launch, Zeam has stations in nearly 80% of the media market in the United States with 300 channels from 30 station groups including Gray, CBS, News-Press & Gazette, Hearst, and Morgan Murphy.
“As viewers and the industry continue to migrate to streaming, local television stations need to find a way to build a sustainable business that helps them not just survive but thrive in the streaming age,” Syncbak CEO Jack Perry said. “That’s why we are launching Zeam, which not only serves as a master connector between stations, advertisers and viewers, but will also redefine what a successful model for local OTT looks like by breaking down the biggest obstacles local stations face in streaming – cost and complexity.”
Watch John Stamos in Zeam’s Super Bowl Commercial:
To generate excitement and buzz for the platform, Zeam aired a commercial in nearly 100 markets during Super Bowl LVIII that was customized to highlight which channels were available in the region.
Everything You Need to Know About Zeam
Do you have to create an account or use your credit card to sign up for Zeam?
You do not have to create a profile to watch live or on-demand programming on Zeam, but there are benefits if you do, and since the service is free, there is never any need to enter any type of payment information.
If you opt to create a profile inside the Zeam app, you will be able to save your favorite channels and on-demand content in order to take advantage of a more streamlined user experience.
Where can you stream Zeam’s local programming?
The new Zeam app is currently available on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, and Android TV. However, you do not need to download the app to take advantage of the programming. You are able to stream for free on www.zeam.com.
What types of content can be found on Zeam?
One of the main draws of Zeam is its offering of local news from more than three-quarters of the major markets in the country. No matter where you are, you are able to tune in and watch programming from New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, Dallas, Honolulu, and many more. Zeam provides access to live and on-demand news and weather from local reporters who know the area better than anybody.
In addition, Zeam offers thousands of live, local, and exclusive sporting events; award-winning documentaries; short films; food and lifestyle series; music; concerts; and millions of hours of exclusive, live programming.
