ABC Stations Launch Market-Specific OTT Apps for Amazon Fire TV

Over-the-top apps for ABC's owned-and-operated stations are now available for Amazon Fire TV, making the stations the first network station group to launch market-specific OTT video apps, Disney/ABC said in a news release Wednesday. The apps are for WLS-TV Chicago; WABC-TV New York; KABC-TV Los Angeles; WPVI-TV Philadelphia; KGO-TV San Francisco; KTRK-TV Houston; WTVD Durham, North Carolina; and KFSN-TV Fresno, the media company said. The apps deliver local news, weather and community news, it said, saying its Freeform streaming app -- which allows watching of various network programs -- also is live.