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As we cope with the changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 NAB Show has become NAB Show Express and the 2020 NAB Broadcast Engineering and Information Technology (BEIT) Conference will become a [...]

The role of TV broadcasters as first informers has never been as compelling as it is during these unprecedented times, highlighting how broadcasters are best positioned to assist local communities during times of crisis. This unprecedented health crisis affects broadcasters in every one of their many roles in their communities.

Glenn Reitmeier is known worldwide in the television technology community as an industry thought leader and a leading visionary, creator and architect of digital television (ATSC 1.0 and 3.0). April 10, 2020 marks [...]

New opportunities often arise from setbacks. As COVID-19 continues to disrupt our existing way of conducting business, new trends and habits in media consumption are taking root. The changes in behavior we are seeing now [...]

On Tuesday, March 31, the FCC held their usual Open Commission Meeting as they do every month, where policy actions are considered and voted by the Commissioners. This one was anything but usual, however. In [...]

The newscast must go on … but from a different place. I wish I knew the number of basements, closets and living rooms that have been converted to production studios these past few weeks. As [...]

We are in a world where people want their content anytime, anywhere, and on any device. Implementing such a strategy requires that we address the latency issue that plagues over the top (OTT) streaming services [...]

On March 5, 2020, NAB presented a technology webcast that provided an inside look at the broadcast of Super Bowl LIV by FOX Sports—the first to be presented in Ultra High Definition (UHD). The webcast [...]

The advertising community is following developments in local TV and ATSC 3.0 with growing interest as this new platform promises the market reach of broadcast combined with the targetability and accountability of online services. News of industry commitments to roll-out ATSC 3.0 (as “Next Gen TV”) services this year to well over 40 markets, coupled [...]

The development phase of the 2019 PILOT Innovation Challenge is complete. The winning teams have built their prototypes in response to the challenge prompt: Build an AI character that can have conversations with individual viewers, [...]