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# Survey: only 7% watch local news via a station’s own app
- URL: https://www.medianexis.com/survey-only-7-watch-local-news-via-a-stations-own-app/
- Published: 2026-10-27T21:38:23.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-27T21:38:23.000Z
- Description: TVREV’s In the Vicinity podcast covers new Future of TV Live survey data from Ring Digital founder Brian Ring, who finds pay-TV reliance for local news has fallen to 35% while social, YouTube and free streaming apps pick up the slack.
- Author: The Signals Desk
- Tags: Streaming, TVREV podcast: local news distribution problem

**Why it matters.** Local stations that lack a strong direct-to-consumer app are left dependent on social, YouTube and FAST platforms to reach viewers who have left pay TV.

*Signal from* [*TVREV*](https://tvrev.com/?ref=medianexis.com) *·* [*read the original*](https://www.tvrev.com/news/local-news-has-a-distribution-problem?ref=medianexis.com)*.*