By John Clark|August 1, 2016|Blog, Innovation Challenge|
“What is next-generation content?” That’s the biggest question we’ve received since launching the PILOT Innovation Challenge. It’s a good question with a tricky answer because we don’t want to be prescriptive about the ideas. We’re looking [...]
By John Clark|July 21, 2016|Blog|
What’s the best way to pitch a story to a media organization? That was the question of the hour during a recent workshop we conducted in partnership with 1776 for 20 of their startups. [...]
By David Layer|July 20, 2016|Blog, Radio|
On Aug. 3, NAB will host a webcast on the connected car and what it means for broadcasting. The discussion will be led by David Layer, senior director, Advanced Engineering, NAB. In this week's Broadcast Blog, [...]
By Kelly T. Williams|July 11, 2016|Blog, Radio, Television|
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the FCC will hold a Nationwide Emergency Alert System Test (EAS) on the afternoon of September 28, 2016 (primary date, the FCC and FEMA have reserved October 5, [...]
By Rich Johnson|July 5, 2016|Blog, InnoMinute, Television, Videos|
At NAB Show 2016, PILOT spoke with David Ladd, multimedia producer and editor of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Television Department. Ladd and his colleagues at the Goddard Space Flight Center's Television Department create the [...]
By Lynn Claudy|July 1, 2016|Blog, Radio, Television|
“Every room, every house, every shade of noise All the floors, all the walls, they all shake with noise We can't sleep, we can't think, can't escape the noise We can't take the noise, [...]
By John Clark|June 21, 2016|Blog, Innovation Challenge|
It's difficult to predict the power of a new idea in its infancy, but all good things are born from simple ideas. That’s why we’re launching our first-ever PILOT Innovation Challenge. We want to hear any [...]
By PILOT|June 20, 2016|Blog, Television|
For a content owner, getting paid a license fee used to be a very simple equation of (rate) x (subs). But with numerous types of rates now, numerous types of subscribers, a fast evolving technology [...]
By Kelly T. Williams|June 14, 2016|Blog|
On June 8 NAB filed comments on an FCC Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) in PS Docket No. 15-94 regarding proposals to modify the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The 75 page NPRM sought comment [...]
By John Clark|June 3, 2016|Blog|
Create teams of four people from different local media companies with varying job responsibilities and ask them to create a new, financially sustainable product in 36 hours and you might be surprised by the results. [...]
