By PILOT|July 11, 2016|Innovation Stories|
iHeartMedia’s 24/7 News Network partnered with NBC News to launch NBC News Radio. Why is it important? Through this collaboration, 24/7 News Network, the world’s largest radio-only news source, will provide its 1,000 affiliated radio [...]
By PILOT|June 29, 2016|Innovation Stories|
On June 29, 2016, WRAL-TV became the first commercially-licensed television station to broadcast its news under next-generation standards, ATSC 3.0. WRAL launched the new station with a 4K/UHD documentary followed by the WRAL live news. Why [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), through its PILOT program, is accepting submissions for its first-ever Innovation Challenge. The PILOT Innovation Challenge will recognize creative ideas that leverage technological advances in the production, [...]
By PILOT|June 20, 2016|Blog, Television|
For a content owner, getting paid a license fee used to be a very simple equation of (rate) x (subs). But with numerous types of rates now, numerous types of subscribers, a fast evolving technology [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced that LAKANA, an enterprise technology, content management and monetization platform, has joined its PILOT coalition as the eighth charter member. PILOT brings together leading-edge companies, organizations [...]
By PILOT|June 6, 2016|Innovation Stories|
In June of 2016, E.W Scripps continued its push into podcasting by acquiring Stitcher, the free app that streams more than 65,000 podcasts. Stitcher has 8 million registered users and is installed in about 50 [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — PILOT, the technology division of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), will produce and host “Authoring Our Future: Developing Applications for Next Gen TV,” a live webinar that explores the capabilities of [...]
By PILOT|May 12, 2016|Road to the ATSC, Webcasts|
Watch Now NAB PILOT’s Next Generation TV Home Gateway made a big splash at the NAB Show last month. This Hybrid TV demo shows some of the capabilities and possibilities that can be available [...]
By PILOT|May 6, 2016|Innovation Stories|
Founded in 2013, TotalCast is a TV Everywhere solution delivering live local channels to cell phones and tablets. TotalCast’s patented geofencing technology ensures local affiliate streams stay within each local TV market, respecting content distribution agreements [...]
By PILOT|May 6, 2016|Innovation Stories|
Iowa Public Television (IPTV) has deployed an extensive community-based early learning effort known as Ready for School. Ready for School seeks to use educational media to increase the early literacy and math skills of economically [...]
