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About LocalStream

Built for
H-Town
by H-Town.

One person, one city, and a question that wouldn't go away: why doesn't Houston have its own channel?

Where this
came from.

Houston is one of the most interesting cities in the country — the most diverse city in America, a hub for space, energy, art, and food — and almost none of it ends up on local TV. What does get airtime is national content dressed in local branding.

LocalStream started as a side project to fix that. The idea is simple: a 24/7 free streaming channel that actually reflects Houston — local musicians, local filmmakers, local stories.

It's built and run by one person. No investors, no corporate backing. Just a stream server, a lot of coffee, and a genuine belief that local communities deserve their own media.

We're still early. The first creators are applying and the library is being built. But the channel is live, and it's going to keep growing — one Houston story at a time.

24/7
Always broadcasting
Live programming around the clock — built from Houston creators, public domain films, and local stories.
$0
Free to watch
No subscriptions, no paywalls, no accounts required. Just press play.
HTX
Houston only
Every piece of content on this channel is made in or about the city of Houston, Texas.
100%
Creator-owned content
Creators keep full ownership. We just broadcast it.
What We Stand For

How we do things.

A few things that are non-negotiable at LocalStream.

Free to watch, always
LocalStream is free. No account, no subscription, no paywall. Ads on the Main Channel pay for everything.
Houston only
Every piece of content — every creator, every story, every ad — is tied to Houston. We're not trying to scale nationally. This channel is for H-Town.
A fair deal for creators
Founding creators get real airtime now — free, non-exclusive, full ownership. When advertising launches, creators share the ad revenue, weighted by how much their content is watched.
You own your content
We never claim ownership of anything creators submit. A simple broadcast license covers our use — you keep the rights and can post it anywhere else.
We keep ads light
Ads run only on the Main Channel, capped at a few minutes an hour. No pop-ups or autoplay junk cluttering the rest of the site.
Built in public
LocalStream is a real project being built in real time. We'd rather be honest about what's still coming than pretend we're bigger than we are.
Get in Touch

Say hello.

Whether you're a creator, a business, or just someone who wants to talk Houston — reach out. There's a real person on the other end.

No spam. Ever. Just a real reply.

Message received — I'll reply within a day or two.