Rich

About Rich Johnson

Rich Johnson is the Coordinator of Digital Platforms for PILOT. He develops the PILOT website, runs our social media accounts, shoots and edits InnoMinutes and manages Broadcast Blog.

PILOT Reveals Innovation Challenge Winners

By |January 27, 2019|News|

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- PILOT, an innovation initiative of the National Association of Broadcasters, announced the winners of its third annual PILOT Innovation Challenge at the NAB Futures conference in Seattle. The PILOT Innovation Challenge recognizes creative ideas [...]

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PILOT Awards First Round of Media Technology and Innovation Scholarships

By |January 4, 2019|News|

NAB’s innovation initiative will provide nine undergraduate and graduate students with media technology scholarships WASHINGTON, D.C. -- PILOT, an innovation initiative of the National Association of Broadcasters, has announced the winners of its first media technology [...]

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Nominations Open for 2019 NAB Technology Awards

By |November 29, 2018|News|

-- NAB’s annual awards highlighting significant technical achievements will be presented at the 2019 NAB Show -- -- Nomination deadline is January 18, 2019 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Association of Broadcasters has opened [...]

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PILOT Announces Finalists of 2018 Innovation Challenge

By |November 27, 2018|News|

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- PILOT, an innovation initiative of the National Association of Broadcasters, announced the 12 finalists of its third annual PILOT Innovation Challenge. The competition recognizes creative ideas that leverage technological advances in the [...]

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Blockchain and Local Media

By |November 8, 2018|Blog, InnoMinute, Videos|

Blockchain isn't just for crypto currencies. Alanna Gombert, the CEO of the Digital Asset Trade Association, explained how it's time for broadcasters to educate themselves on the ways that blockchain can help them.

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Technology Indistinguishable from Magic

By |October 25, 2018|Blog, InnoMinute, Videos|

Cyber Illusionist Marco Tempest spoke to us at NAB Show about how he uses magic to push technology to do things it is not quite ready to do. Marco uses drones, augmented reality and robotics to present a bright vision of the future, which he believes will play a massive role in the future of broadcasting.

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PILOT To Offer Media Technology and Innovation Scholarships

By |October 3, 2018|News|

--NAB’s innovation initiative will provide $50,000 in media technology scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students in 2019-- WASHINGTON, D.C. -- PILOT, an innovation initiative of the National Association of Broadcasters, has announced it will offer [...]

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Safety Above All: Credentialing Tower Crews

By |September 18, 2018|Webcasts|

Wednesday, Oct 3, 2018, 2 – 3 p.m. E.T. In this webcast, we dive deep into the National Wireless Safety Alliance tower workforce credential program and explore how and why the industry took this important [...]

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Digital Dash Hackathon

By |September 14, 2018|Hackathons|

PILOT / Avis Budget Group Digital Dash Hackathon Register Your Team | Digital Dash Latest 12 pm, Thursday, Dec 6 – 3 pm, Friday, Dec 7 Zipcar Headquarters, Boston, Mass. [...]

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Voice-Controlled Hybrid Radio Demonstrated at 2018 IBC

By |September 14, 2018|News|

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS/WASHINGTON, D.C. -- PILOT, an innovation initiative of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), is partnering with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), to co-fund the development of a prototype voice-controlled hybrid radio. Hybrid radio [...]

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