PILOT

About PILOT

This author has not yet filled in any details.
So far PILOT has created 175 blog entries.

A New Partnership Formed

By |September 22, 2015|Blog, Radio, Television|

A New Partnership Formed We’re excited to announce that NAB Labs has joined 1776 as a corporate partner. 1776 is an incubator for startups with two campuses: one in DC and another in Crystal City. Over [...]

NAB Labs Invests in Online Engagement Platform

By |August 31, 2015|News|

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) today announced that its technology division, NAB Labs, has participated in a Series Seed financing of Antenna (www.antenna.is), a startup technology company that has built and [...]

New Business Model for Digital Broadcast Media

By |August 27, 2015|Innovation Stories|

wcpo.com In January 2014, E.W. Scripps-operated WCPO.com became the first TV-based local media digital business wrapped in a membership and paid content strategy. Why is it important? Television should not allow newspapers to own the [...]

Comments Off on New Business Model for Digital Broadcast Media

Scripps’ Newsy Reaches Gen Y via OTT

By |August 11, 2015|Innovation Stories|

Scripps-owned Newsy (purchased in December 2013) has sharpened its focus on OTT digital video platforms. More millennials are turning to OTT services for their news and entertainment, and Scripps intends to lead the development of [...]

Comments Off on Scripps’ Newsy Reaches Gen Y via OTT

Augmented Reality for Weather

By |August 6, 2015|Innovation Stories|

Local TV stations like WLS-TV in Chicago, Ill., and WTVD in Raleigh, N.C., have recently begun experimenting with augmented reality for weather forecasts. Augmented reality allows broadcasters to present the weather forecast in a [...]

Comments Off on Augmented Reality for Weather

Scripps Acquires podcast company Midroll

By |July 22, 2015|Innovation Stories|

In July 2015, Scripps acquired Midroll Media, a leading podcasting company, to accelerate leadership in the spoken word and audio streaming space. Midroll Media is a major player in the podcast space and operates a [...]

Comments Off on Scripps Acquires podcast company Midroll

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Coalition Launch

By |June 16, 2015|Innovation Stories|

A coalition of 15 broadcasters, print, and online publishers are working on a testing program through the FAA’s test site at Virginia Tech for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – or “drones” [...]

Comments Off on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Coalition Launch

Nexstar Launches Lakana

By |March 31, 2015|Innovation Stories|

On March 31, 2015, Nexstar Broadcasting Group combined existing digital assets into a new operation, LAKANA, that offers publishers a variety of multiplatform digital technologies to capitalize on the growing demand for digital publishing services. [...]

Comments Off on Nexstar Launches Lakana