Cablecast vs DTC Cable
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cablecast
Stream live and on-demand content from Public, Education, and Government Access channels in HD. Catch up on local news, city meetings, and sports events conveniently on your mobile device.
- Live and on-demand streaming
- HD quality broadcasts
- Local news and city meetings
- Public, Education, Government channels
- Location-based station suggestions
- Recently watched station saved
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Watch local news, city meetings & more on the go with this mobile streaming app. This app aggregates live and on-demand shows from Public, Education, and Government Access channels and streams them in HD to your mobile device. Now you can catch up on last week's City Council meeting or see the Wildcats win in overtime whenever and wherever it's convenient for you. Enable location services for the best experience. This app features stations from all over the country. If you enable location services, the station closest to you will appear at the top of the list. Your most recently watched station will be saved as a default the next time you open the app. You can pick a new channel from the list at any time. Cablecast is a streaming service provider for the stations featured in this app. If you have questions or comments for an individual station featured in this app, please contact them directly.
DTC Cable
Stream content directly to your device with this application. Enjoy a seamless viewing experience for your favorite shows and movies.
- Direct device streaming
- Seamless viewing experience
- Content access
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Experience DTC Cable Streaming on your device
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cablecast at every 3 months against DTC Cable's every 13 months. Cablecast also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cablecast against 5.0 for DTC Cable. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cablecast has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cablecast ships an update every 3 months, DTC Cable every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cablecast | DTC Cable |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cablecast Community Media LLC | Delhi Telephone Company |
Customer experience
Cablecast
DTC Cable
In-app purchases
Cablecast
No in-app purchases
DTC Cable
No in-app purchases
