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Prime Gap

Is there a good app for watch live TV channels?

Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap.

77
Opportunity /100
86
Demand /100
99
Competition /100
80
Execution gap /100
23
Apps serving it
21
Mined complaints

What users complain about

The most common complaints behind apps that try to watch live TV channels, mined and clustered from real reviews:

Complaint areaTypeMentionsWhat a user said
live channels not availablemissing-feature1
Not able to get the channels that I watch live such as foodnetwork
can't watch live TVreliability1
I can't watch live tv!!
cannot watch local channelsmissing-feature1
I can watch a lot of channels but not local channels that I want to watch
live channels just repeat same programmingmissing-feature1
Most channels repeat the same exact programming every day
channels dropped from LiveTVbug1
Why are channels missing recently on the LiveTV view? Example is Bravo
no pause live TVmissing-feature1
No ability to pause live tv
can't watch local channels without a providerprice1
you cannot watch anything of your local channels if you gotta have a provider
subscription required to watch local channelsprice1
Wants subscription to watch local channels ? Why???
channel unavailable error on live viewingbug1
an error message appears stating "channel unavailable"
not all TV channels available in appmissing-feature1
All the channels that are available from the TV are not on the app
can't stream live TV away from homemissing-feature1
I can’t stream live tv on my phone...I need to stream when I’m away
cannot get local channelsmissing-feature1
can’t get local channels

Apps that already serve this

AppRatingRatingsPrice
Sling: Live TV, Sports & News4.6★239,639Free
Tubi: Movies & Live TV4.8★1,125,396Free
Spectrum TV4.7★554,356Free
Xfinity Stream4.6★242,086Free
U-verse4.7★389,720Free
Fios TV Mobile4.5★331,046Free
DIRECTV: TV & Movie Streaming4.6★573,262Free
TuneIn Radio: Music & Sports4.7★1,107,429Free

Should you build it?

Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap. Opportunity here scores 77 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.

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