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CBS 3 Omaha NE online television

CBS 3 Omaha is the branding for KMTV-TV, a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Omaha, Nebraska, serving the Omaha metropolitan area and eastern Nebraska, including Council Bluffs, Iowa. The station is owned by Scripps Media, a subsidiary of the E.W. Scripps Company, and is headquartered at 10714 Mockingbird Drive, Omaha, Nebraska. As a dedicated source for online television, the station operates its main channel on virtual channel 3.1, broadcasting CBS network programming in high definition, along with digital subchannels including Court TV on 3.2, Laff on 3.3, and Grit on 3.4.

The programming schedule allows viewers to watch live channel coverage of the full CBS network schedule, including prime time series such as Tracker, Elsbeth, FBI, NCIS, Survivor, and 60 Minutes. The station produces local newscasts under the branding 3 News Now, with long-running anchors including John Knicely (since 1982), who anchors the 6:00 PM and 10:00 PM newscasts, Bill Schammert and Serena Zetsch for morning and noon editions, Jim McKinnon and Katrina Markel for evening newscasts, and Matt Lorch as chief meteorologist. The station's investigative unit, I-Team 3, produces regular reports on government, consumer, and fraud issues. The station also broadcasts local sports including Creighton Bluejays basketball, Nebraska Cornhuskers football, and UNO Mavericks hockey, along with high school sports coverage. KMTV-TV launched its first high-definition broadcasts on September 19, 2009.

For audiences seeking a reliable live stream of Omaha news and CBS programming, KMTV is widely available as a free-to-air service via digital terrestrial television across the region, broadcast on UHF channel 20 with a virtual channel of 3.1. The station is carried on DirecTV (channel 3), Dish Network (channel 3), and major cable providers serving the Omaha market, including Cox Communications, Spectrum, and CenturyLink Prism. The channel is accessible as tv online via the official 3 News Now website and the 3 News Now mobile application for iOS and Android devices, which provide live streaming of local newscasts and severe weather coverage. The station also uses the "News Now" brand across its digital platforms.

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