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The 2024 NAB Broadcast Engineering & Information Technology (BEIT) Conference schedule is out! It’s always great to finally hit publish on the schedule so that industry technologists can start planning out their time in Las Vegas at NAB Show.

The PILOT Innovation Challenge seeks startups and growing companies providing solutions to some of the key challenges and opportunities facing broadcasters over the next two to three years. You can meet the 2021 and 2022 winners at the NAB Show. All winners will demonstrate their solutions on the exhibition floor and talk about their work at sessions throughout the Show.

It's time to celebrate this year's NAB Engineering Achievement and Digital Leadership Award winners. Of course, we must announce the winners first. This year, we're doing both at the same time. On Thursday, June 17 at 2 p.m. ET, we're hosting a special session on NAB Amplify titled "The Future of Media and the NAB Technology Awards."

In April, we usually gather in Las Vegas for NAB Show to learn about the latest in media, technology and entertainment. As we countdown to reconnecting in person in Las Vegas this October, NAB Show [...]

As CES kicks off, we put together this list of sessions, events and links that broadcasters may find of particular interest when attending the virtual gathering.

Words matter (in more ways than one) when talking about or talking to smart speakers. Simply calling these devices that sit on our desks and counters a “speaker” evokes the idea of a one-way engagement [...]

Brainstorming is one of those activities that people either love or hate. Add a pandemic and teams accustomed to generating ideas face-to-face are presented with an additional brainstorming constraint – collaborating remotely in front of [...]

Since 2016, PILOT has presented its annual Innovation Challenge, offering awards to teams who best answer specific challenge questions. We’ve taken a slightly different approach this year in response to the pandemic’s impact on remote [...]

“Innovation” is a simple word with quite a few definitions. Merriam-Webster defines innovation as “a new idea, method or device.” That definition, while simple and accurate, doesn’t seem to capture the implications behind the word. Saying “innovation” in just about any conversation focuses thoughts on new technology and creative thinking.