KATV News Reviews

I was watching morning news when power went out at house. — I know, I can watch the KATV broadcast live on KATVNews (at least that is what they promote).

I quickly started KATVNews so i could continue watching where i was (i figured there would be some delay). I had to watch multiple commercials that i know what not on their live broadcast.

My power came back on 5 minutes later - there was the live broadcast on my TV, but my mobile device.... noooo. After about 3 minutes of commercials (worthless commercials I should add), the display on my mobile device said “we’ll be right back”. All this time - the KATV morning news broadcast was going strong on my TV.

Just for my curiosity, I shut down KATVNews , restarted it. Selected the Live View button (remember - the KATV morning news is on my TV at this time). As soon as the video feed starts up - the same commercials as before on the KATV app (while not showing any of the actual live KATV news broadcast).

Where have they gone? It is now an advertisement app. Whoever pushed this update through should have tested it on a phone first. Only the elderly use iPads at this point.

I agree with all the other reviewers. The "update" has ruined a good local news and weather app. The previous app was easy to navigate, options for all sections appeared on the home screen and you just had to swipe through the section you were interested in. It was my go-to app for local everything. This new update has primarily national/world news and you can't make heads or tails of he weather section. Sometimes you should leave good enough alone. I'm using other sources for local info now.....that's a shame.

KATVNews was completely usable and easy to navigate in. Someone decided it needed changed. This version lumps all the former news categories together in one long string. If you have no interest in a category like sports or politics you still have to scroll by those articles. Even worse, if you're looking for a story that you know is local news you get to scroll endlessly through articles from all categories until you find, or don't find, what you're looking for. I found it more palatable to simply delete KATVNews .

I've waited three revisions to comment on this revised app. The new look is okay, but they refuse to make a landscape option available. Why would you make an app for the iPad in portrait only?

The next problem is that the news items are jumbled on the screen senselessly. There are week old stories mixed in with new ones. How hard is it to divide the stories into national, state and local headers? How hard is it to display chronologically?

This one gets deleted. I gave it three chances, but I don't have time for developers who don't understand their platforms.

I loved the KATV app for years. When they recently changed it, I couldn't find ANYTHING I wanted to see. The "video" section is completely gone. The news is all jumbled up. I did find a "feedback" button and gave them my opinion three different times. After three weeks of waiting for improvements, I found nothing had changed. I finally have deleted KATVNews from my phone and found a different local news station to follow. Sorry KATV, but you lost another loyal fan!! If it would go back to the way it was before, I would immediately put it back on my phone. Local news needs to be current and it needs to be separated from national news. Sports should be the same. And, PLEASE, put the videos back! I loved being able to go back and find video clips of segments I had missed or wanted someone else to see.

Why is it that KATVNews will not change orientation when rotating the iPad?

Well, after the "enhancement" on 13 Sep 2015, I'm DONE with KATVNews. When I saw it had been updated, I said I would give it one more try. Boy was I Wrong!! I downloaded it again today and could not find one thing different from the previous fix on 2 September. Still no Local news section and garbage that's not needed. You all would please a lot of people if you would just put it back like the original app was before the complete do over that you call an enhancement. Will not recommend it to anyone. Sorry KATV but worse news app ever!!

Loved KATVNews and used every day until the last update all the txt is blacked when you open the news article. The only thing that comes up is the advertisements. I’ve checked settings deleted and reloaded app same problem. Please fix!!!

DON’T BOTHER WITH THIS!! KATVNews does not have up to date news stories. Many times I open it three days after the college football or basketball game and that’s still the only new story.

Whenever you click on the link to the news story, it brings you to the main screen and you have to search for it all over again. Sometimes having to go through multiple pages to find it. Other than that, it looks good!

Oh ya and it won't update. I didn't know the other stations had one. I think I will stick with ch 4

Please fix app to work in landscape. Take a look at Channel 11’s app.

Stories on the newsfeed are always days old. Updates are few and far between

Updates are not current with news. Sometimes you news/updates are over 24 hrs with nothing posted.

I can get lots of info from KATVNews but my biggest complaint is the push notifications. I get one, swipe to open KATVNews & who know where the story is? Maybe I can find it after the next news cast but that loses the whole point of a notification

When watching live streaming of the governors Covid update everyday, Chl. 7’s view is ALWAYS blurry. I usually watch the update on Chl. 11 just because you can’t see ANYTHING on 7’s site. It’s been this way for MONTHS. What’s going on? I watch this on my iPad. Does your AtV station look the same way?
Please fix this issue.

Thank you,

Shirl

Well, it isn't making a one sound on iPhone 7 with notifications. Please place a sound on the notifications!

On the previous version, notifications would come through, but no sound. Hopefully that has been repaired. Those notifications with sound are needed, especially with weather alerts.

Let’s look at voter passports rather than COVID 19 passports!!!!

I found KATVNews to be very easy to navigate and find stories that are of interest to me.

Keep up the good App development work and most of all keep the site current.

Am so disappointed that you do not provide a way to view the entire episode of General Hospital every time it is interrupted by the
Governor’s COVID update on Tuesdays. Otherwise, I enjoy ABC programs.😩
Kathleen Oates.

KATVNews is way behind the other local news apps for Central AR. Lately the stories don't update and tonight aren't even loading. There's just a blank screen when you click on a story. In this day, you can't afford to have your electronic formats not running at their best. Too many people use it as their main source of news instead of even on air coverage.

Are use KATVNews to watch the six and 10 o'clock news. The comet network ads are completely horrible and annoying. I wish you could just put in the same commercials that play over the air on the television.

Additionally, sometimes there are two available needs to watch, I don't follow or understand that.

Would be nice if KATVNews utilized the iPad technology and rotated to a landscape format or when the iPad was rotated 180 degrees. Status of last update would be nice, currently when you pull down to update there is no way to tell if the content was updated.

I like reading the news on here and like the set up but it crashes almost every time! I have to re-open KATVNews and then search for the story again.