Telletopia unveiled a nonprofit online video service that will allow consumers to watch live local broadcast TV online. It extends local broadcasters' existing business model of retransmission fees and advertising to the internet. The subscription service will provide affordable access to live local broadcasts on any connected device. As more people cut cable cords and watch TV online, Telletopia aims to help broadcasters maintain viewership and revenue by moving their content and advertising online.

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Telletopia Unveils Unique Path to the Internet for Live, Local Broadcast TV
• Extends local broadcasters’ retransmission fees and advertising business model to the
Internet
• Unique nonprofit structure uses existing copyright law to move industry forward
• Subscription service will provide consumers with affordable, live, local broadcast TV
online
San Diego – November 9, 2015 – Telletopia Foundation, a nonprofit online video service
provider, today introduced its revolutionary over-the-top (OTT) business model that moves the
local broadcast TV bundle to the Internet. Founded by former cable and telecommunications
executives, the company is developing an Internet television service that will let consumers
watch the most popular local channels live 24/7, including all news, sports and primetime
programming carried by local TV stations.
“TV viewers are migrating to the Internet, but a simple, accretive way for broadcasters to move
their business online hasn’t existed, until now,” said Gary Koerper, co-founder and CEO of
Telletopia. “We give consumers the freedom to watch live, local TV anywhere on any device
while giving broadcasters the ability to reach them—true television utopia.”
According to Nielsen, the number of broadband-only homes has risen to 13 million as growing
legions of “cord cutters” and “cord nevers” opt to watch television only over the Internet. At the
same time, national content owners are offering OTT services directly to consumers,
cannibalizing local viewership and advertising revenue. As these trends intensify, local
broadcasters are finding it challenging to move their programming and advertising to the
Internet. Telletopia believes that ubiquitous access to local television programming online is vital
to the American way of life and has developed its service to meet the needs of both consumers
and local broadcasters.
Delivering an Innovative Platform for the Broadcast Industry
Telletopia, as a California-based, public benefit nonprofit corporation and IRS-approved
501(c)(4) organization, has an exemption from the compulsory license requirements in existing
copyright law for retransmitting live broadcast TV. As a result, the company can legally
retransmit broadcast TV over the Internet. Telletopia follows the letter and spirit of copyright law
that explicitly permits nonprofits to retransmit local broadcast TV without a compulsory license.
“Telletopia believes that broadcasters should be paid for the distribution of their content,”
explained Koerper. We’re hopeful that the impending FCC ruling will enable us to work with
broadcasters to set the retransmission fees we will pay for their live 24/7 broadcasts over the
Internet.”
Telletopia recently filed an ex parte with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
regarding the pending ruling designed to spur market competition with traditional cable, satellite
and telco TV operators. This ruling will reclassify online video distributors (OVDs) like Telletopia

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as multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs), empowering the company to
negotiate consent with local broadcasters to carry their signals.
“As an MVPD, our platform will support broadcasters in extending their ad spots to the Internet,
even must-carry and low-power stations,” said Michael Librizzi, co-founder and CFO of
Telletopia. “After dozens of conversations with local broadcasters, affiliate groups and networks,
we know that extending the reach of a 30-second spot to online viewers is just as important as
retransmission fees.”
Service and Availability
Pending the FCC vote, plans are underway to launch a browser-based local broadcast TV
service to major U.S. cities in 2016. With Telletopia, there is no specialized equipment or time-
consuming installations. Using a Netflix-like model, subscribers will be able to sign up for
service on Telletopia’s website and instantly begin watching HD-quality, live, local broadcasts in
their subscription area.
The service roams, so subscribers will be able to watch local TV on any connected device in
any Telletopia-launched market. The company uses sophisticated geofencing technology to
ensure that retransmitted local broadcasts and advertisements are only viewable within the
respective local market.
Supporting Quotes
• Greg Ireland, research director, Multiscreen Video Program, IDC
“We are in the midst of great upheaval in the broadcast industry. Consumers want more
affordable, flexible online viewing options while broadcasters need to get their content
and ads to the Internet and more screens. Telletopia looks well positioned to help both
consumers and broadcasters benefit in this new media landscape.”
• Gary Cocola, chairman and CEO, Cocola Broadcasting Companies
“Telletopia is poised to help us drive engagements with online viewers while ensuring
broadcasters remain a vital source of local news, entertainment and sports. Not only will
Telletopia extend our advertising to the Internet, they will provide real-time viewership
data down to a level of detail we’ve never had before.”
• Gus Hurwitz, visiting fellow at American Enterprise Institute’s Center for Internet,
Communications and Technology Policy
"Internet-delivered video has fundamentally disrupted the video marketplace over the
past several years. But local content has been largely immune from this change. Most
live broadcast television can still only be watched over the air or on cable television.
Telletopia has accomplished a Herculean feat in developing a business model that
overcomes the many obstacles that have kept this content offline."

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About Telletopia
Telletopia is a nonprofit online video service provider that delivers live, local broadcast TV to any
device with a web browser. Telletopia offers affordable, HD-quality television: all the big-game
sports, news and primetime entertainment carried by local stations. No set-top boxes, big
bundles or contract commitments. Subscribers can watch the most popular channels live,
anywhere in their market. As viewers migrate to the Internet, national networks and local
broadcasters gain an easy and cost-free way to put their content online under existing law with
familiar retransmission consent business models. For consumers and local broadcasters,
Telletopia is television utopia. Based in San Diego, Telletopia is a nonprofit, 501(c)(4)
corporation that retransmits broadcast content in keeping with the letter and spirit of U.S.
copyright law. Telletopia’s status as an MVPD will be confirmed by an upcoming Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) vote, expected in late 2015. For more information, visit
www.telletopia.org.
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