PolyPort – Pitch Prize Finalist
Register for NAB Show New York to see the final pitches on October 17 from 3 - 6pm. Register Now Studio City - Los Angeles, CA - May 2016 - 11:00PM [...]
Media Technology and Innovation Scholarships
It’s no secret that the broadcast industry has been somewhat challenged in finding new, young technical staff in recent years. The growing attractiveness of other, newer media types has left broadcasting at a bit of [...]
Engagement VR: Bringing communities together through virtual reality
Hans K. Meyer, Ph.D. is an associate professor at the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. His project, Engagement VR allowed newsrooms to create virtual tours of less covered parts of viewing areas. Hans won [...]
The 2019 BEITC Call for Papers is Open
The Call for Papers for the 2019 Broadcast Engineering and Information Technology Conference (BEITC) is now open. Proposals are invited for technical papers addressing the latest opportunities and challenges facing broadcast engineering and media-industry IT [...]
‘Whirlwind of Activity and Progress’ for 2017 Innovation Challenge Winner UNC-TV
Fred Engel CPBE is the senior director of technology at UNC-TV. He leads the Next Gen TV – Saving Lives One Alert at a Time project that delivers crucial alerts to first responders faster than the current [...]
Challenge Inspires, Identifies, Supports Innovative Ideas
In our third Innovation Challenge, we’re looking for creative ideas for ways broadcasters and other local media could serve communities. And as the saying goes, “ideas are cheap, execution is everything.” That’s why we’ll award [...]
2017 Challenge Winners: What The Challenge Did for Me
The 2018 Innovation Challenge launched on Aug 15. Check out this video from last year's winners on what the Challenge did for them, then enter your innovative idea to serve communities through broadcast [...]
PILOT Launches Technology Internship Program
Could you use a technical intern at your TV or radio station? If you’re an NAB member, this just got easier to accomplish. PILOT has established a new fund for NAB member stations to provide [...]
The Future of Radio: A Visit to Detroit
PILOT and NAB have been working with members to strengthen the relationship between the broadcast and automotive industries. In early June, during TU-Automotive (an annual auto industry trade show held just outside of Detroit), NAB [...]
UNC-TV Utilizes Next Gen TV to Aid First Responders
UNC-TV won the PILOT Innovation Challenge in 2017 for their system that utilizes ATSC 3 to alert first responders of an emergency, and on May 17 they completed the first successful test of their system, [...]