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title: Obituaries are moving from newspapers to video. Not someday. Right now.
description: Newspaper obituaries are being replaced by video obituaries. Learn why funeral homes and families are shifting to TV and digital publishing today.
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# Obituaries are moving from newspapers to video. Not someday. Right now.

![Rehan Choudhry](https://blog.chptr.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Rehan%20profile%20pic.png?width=48&height=48&name=Rehan%20profile%20pic.png)

 Rehan Choudhry

January 20, 2026

For decades, newspapers controlled how families shared loss with their communities. High prices. Tight word counts. Long lead times. And zero ownership once it was published.

That model is breaking.

Families don’t live in newspapers anymore. Communities don’t gather there. And funeral homes shouldn’t be sending their most important content to third parties who don’t serve the family first.

Here’s why video obituaries on TV + digital are replacing print.

### For Funeral Homes

Accurate information, always  
The obituary lives on your website, not a newspaper CMS or an aggregator. No duplication. No mismatched service times. No fixing someone else’s mistake.

All traffic comes back to you  
Not to Google. Not to a scraper. Not to a third party monetizing grief. Every view, click, and share drives families and communities directly to the funeral home.

The pricing model is finally fair  
For the price of one traditional newspaper obituary, funeral homes can now offer unlimited TV obituaries for an entire month to all families they serve.

Bad actors are cut out completely  
No one is upselling grieving families. No paywalls. No “featured listing” nonsense. You remain the family’s fiercest protector.

### For Families

Guaranteed publishing  
No capacity limits. No long lead times. No waiting days for approval. The obituary airs on local TV within 48 hours of meeting with the funeral director.

You control the story  
Share service details—or don’t. Include a photo—or don’t. Say more, say less. Customization is entirely up to the family and never costs extra.

Your entire community is reached  
Not just Facebook friends. Not just readers of a newspaper nobody opens anymore. Neighbors, coworkers, and community members learn of the passing in a timely, respectful way.

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