Applications for Next Generation TV
On Monday, July 24, 2017, 2-3 p.m. EDT, NAB will present a webcast on the topic of “Applications for ATSC 3.0 – The Next Generation Television Standard.” The webcast will feature a non-technical overview of [...]
2017 Futures Park
Futures Park, powered by PILOT, is a section of the NAB Show exhibit floor reserved for presentation of media-related research and development projects from around the world. Exhibits there represent the current edge-of-the-art technologies, and [...]
FM Activation in Smartphones Reaches a Milestone
PILOT has observed the activation of FM reception capabilities in popular smartphones since 2012, and has reported its findings throughout the period. When our analysis began, the percentage of smartphones with FM reception capability was [...]
FM Chip Activation in Smartphones Continues to Climb
New data from the second quarter of this year shows that a record number of smartphones with their FM reception capability enabled were sold in the U.S. during the period. Since 2012, PILOT has tracked [...]
FM Activation in Smartphones: A Three-year Review
PILOT has been tracking the status of FM radio receiver capabilities in U.S. smartphones since 2013, observing sales and pursuing teardown analysis on the top-selling models (i.e., approximately the top 70% of sales, analyzed each [...]
NAB Show Presents Three New Tech-Focused All-Badge Access Sessions
In conjunction with several worldwide organizations, NAB Technology will present three sessions at the 2016 NAB Show (April 16-21, 2016, Las Vegas, Nev.) of broad interest to the media technology sector. Called All-Badge Access Sessions, [...]
Futures Park 2016
Futures Park is a special section of the NAB Show exhibition that is reserved for presentation of media-related research and development projects from around the world. NAB supplies complimentary exhibit space to all organizations accepted for participation. [...]
HPA Tech Retreat 2016 Reaches for the Stars
This year’s Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Tech Retreat, held last week in the Palm Springs area, presented its usual array of top-notch media-technology presentations, provocative panels and intriguing demonstrations. Curated and led by the [...]
HDR and Immersive Audio Dominate SMPTE Conference
HDR and Immersive Audio Dominate SMPTE Conference The 2015 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) drew record crowds to the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, [...]
Momentum Grows for FM in Smartphones
Momentum Grows for FM in Smartphones There’s been good news recently for advocates of activating FM radio receivers in smartphones. First came the announcement by AT&T Wireless—the #2 wireless carrier in the U.S.—that it [...]