Watch ABC app arrives with live TV for iOS, Web
ABC's app for watching live TV shows has arrived, but only for a handful of markets so far.
ABC's new live TV video service Watch ABC has arrived on smartphones, tablets, and the Web, though its availability is highly limited for now.
Disney/ABC on Tuesday announced the availability of the live programming feature in its mobile app in New York City as well as Philadelphia though local respective networks WABC-TV and WPVI. The update adds a "live" button to ABC's newly renamed Watch ABC software for iOS devices that lets users in those markets watch live streams of those two stations, just like they would on a TV.
News of the feature came over the weekend and was first reported by The New York Times.
The software is now available for iOS, and on the Web. ABC says the feature will soon be headed to the Kindle Fire and Samsung Galaxy devices as well.
The live feature will roll out in another six markets, including Los Angeles (KABC-TV), Chicago (WLS-TV), San Francisco (KGO-TV), Houston (KTRK-TV), Raleigh-Durham (WTVD-TV), and Fresno (KFSN-TV). It will also launch for Hearst-owned ABC Stations in 13 markets that include Boston, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, and Milwaukee, in the coming months.