Your next tech purchase: A TV antenna?

Tonight at 5, WRAL's Brian Shrader has the story of a Raleigh company wanting to help you eliminate your cable TV costs.
Posted 11/24/2014, 5:29:00 PM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:50:32 PM

THEY ARE ON PACE TO CELEBRATE

THE BEST YEAR EVER.

>>> A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A BIG

CHUNK OF MONEY SET ASIDE NOR

CABLE OR SATELLITE TV.

A RALEIGH COMPANY HAS AN EASY

WAY TO WATCH YOUR FAVORITE

SHOWS FOR FREE.

BRIAN SHRADER SHOWS US THE NEW

TWIST ON TV AND WHY THE COMPANY

IS GROWING SO FAST.

>> Reporter: THINK ABOUT YOUR

FAVORITE TV SHOWS.

IF YOU'RE PAYING A CABLE OR

SATELLITE COMPANY TO WATCH

THEM, MARK BUFF SAYS THINK

AGAIN.

>> 96 OF THE TOP 100 SHOWS ARE

AVAILABLE OVER O THE AIR S MOST

PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THAT.

>> Reporter: BUFF IS THE

PRESIDENT OF THE MOHO, THE

COMPANY MAKES TV ANTENNAS,

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT REHAB

IT EARS.

>> -- RABBIT EARS.

IN 2009 HE WAS MAKING RADIO

ANTENNAS FOR THE ARMY AND NAVY.

WHEN LOCAL BROADCASTERS LIKE

WRAL SWITCHED TO DIGITAL

BROADCASTING IN 2009, HE

CREATED A SIMILAR THIN ANTENNA

TO PICK UP THE TV SIGNALS AND

NOW FOR AS LITTLE PASS $25, YOU

CAN PICK UP THREE OVER THE AIR

TV IN FULL HIGH DEFINITION WITH

AN ANTENNA.

IT HAS GONE NATIONAL WITH THE

ANTENNAS ON SALE IN PLACES LIKE

BEST BUY AND WAL-MART.

IT'S GROWING AS MORE PEOPLE CUT

THE CABLE CORD.

>> WHAT THIS ALLOWS PEOPLE TO

DO IS GET THE MAJOR NET WORKS

AND PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO CUP

BILLION NEXFLIX AND HULU POLICE

IN ORDER TO CUT BACK ON CABLE.

>> Reporter: BUFF SHOWED US AN

UPCOMING DEVICE THAT HAS THE

FREE HD SERVICE WITH THE

ANTENNA AND ONLINE STREAMING

VIDEO SERVICE INTO ONE

INTERFACE, MAKING IT EASIER

THAN EVER TO ENJOY YOUR

FAVORITE TV SHOWS AND SAVE

MONEY.

>> YOU CAN CUT THE CORD AND GET

RID OF CABLE AND NEVER LOOK

BACK.

>> Reporter: BRIAN SHRADER WRAL

NEWS, RALEIGH.

>> AND THEY HAVE ABOUT 50

EMPLOYEES IN RALEIGH ALONE, AND

TRIANGLE BUSINESS JOURNAL NAMED

IT ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING