By David Layer|July 16, 2019|Blog, Radio|
The in-band/on-channel (IBOC) digital radio system used in the USA (called “HD Radio™”) provides benefits to broadcasters and listeners alike. Like other digital technologies, it is a flexible and configurable system allowing broadcasters to offer [...]
By David Layer|October 24, 2018|Digital Dash, Blog|
Apps are not just for smartphones. Automobiles support a variety of app platforms as well, and recently PILOT sent a team of software developers to an auto app hackathon, the Ford Make It Driveable Challenge [...]
By David Layer|April 2, 2018|NAB Show 2018, Blog, Radio|
Reliability for E2X and other IP traffic across Radio Studio to Transmitter Link While IP-based studio-to-transmitter links (STLs) have both reduced operational cost and increased connection flexibility, they are prone to packet losses that can [...]
By David Layer|October 4, 2017|Digital Dash, Blog|
Back in March, PILOT participated in its first automotive app development hackathon hosted by General Motors in Tampa. Subsequently, September was a busy month for Team PILOT as we attended and developed apps at two more [...]
By David Layer|June 28, 2017|Blog, Radio, Television|
Broadcasting is back in lower Manhattan! At a ribbon-cutting ceremony held on Friday, June 23, 2017, Telemundo 47 / WNJU turned on its state-of-the-art, solid-state 100 kilowatt transmitter situated on the 90th floor of New York's One [...]
By David Layer|June 5, 2017|NAB Show, Proceedings, Blog, Radio|
This year’s NAB Broadcast Engineering and Information Technology Conference (BEITC) featured nearly 100 papers, but only one was chosen as the best. In this blog, we take a brief look at that paper, authored by Philipp [...]
By David Layer|March 14, 2017|Digital Dash, Blog, Radio|
Connected cars, like smartphones, use apps to provide access to a variety of features and capabilities. Also like smartphones, connected cars support a variety of different platforms for supporting apps. For example, Ford vehicles use [...]
By David Layer|July 20, 2016|Blog, Radio|
On Aug. 3, NAB will host a webcast on the connected car and what it means for broadcasting. The discussion will be led by David Layer, senior director, Advanced Engineering, NAB. In this week's Broadcast Blog, [...]
By David Layer|March 27, 2016|Blog, Radio|
Audible blending artifacts, caused by timing and level misalignment between the analog and digital versions of the main channel audio signal, are the top complaint from auto manufacturers and consumers regarding the HD Radio listening [...]
By David Layer|April 4, 2016|Blog, Radio|
As broadcasters increase the use of FM translators for re-broadcast of AM stations as well as HD2 and HD3 multicast channels, many have opted to include Radio Data System (RDS) data subcarriers on these transmissions [...]
