By John Clark|March 9, 2016|Blog, Radio, Television|
There are so many options, ideas and opinions when it comes to driving digital revenue in local markets that it’s tough to determine what’s really working. That’s the driver for the Digital Futures Exchange at [...]
By Brian Savoie|March 2, 2016|Blog, Cybersecurity, Radio, Television|
The era when broadcasters could believe they're immune from cyberattacks is over. On April 2015, France’s TV5Monde had all 12 of its broadcast stations knocked off air for 18 hours. French investigators found that the hackers had laid the [...]
By Skip Pizzi|February 23, 2016|Blog, Television|
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 [...]
By accelerant|January 30, 2016|Blog, Radio, Television|
What’s next? It sounds odd – perhaps inappropriate – to start an introduction with a question, but in this case it’s fitting. It’s the fundamental question we at PILOT are wrestling with for our industry. What’s next for broadcasters?We have unparalleled opportunities to advance how we serve our audiences. The combination of traditional and digital media offers broadcasters a unique advantage to address how we can best engage with consumers as well as distributing, measuring and monetizing content.We’ve launched PILOT to explore the answers to these questions with the people directly and indirectly involved. This new initiative creates opportunities for people to engage and develop solutions that benefit our consumers, industry, and members. PILOT is an evolution of NAB Labs that will explore digital technologies, while continuing to build on the advances made by NAB Labs.
By PILOT|January 14, 2016|Blog, Radio, Television|
The NAB Labs team was out in full force at this years CES to find the latest innovations applicable to the future of broadcasting. The following highlights some of the standout technology from the show. [...]
By PILOT|December 21, 2015|Blog, Television|
HEVC Advance, LLC, the second patent pool announced for the MPEG-H Part 2 High-Efficiency Video Coding standard (HEVC, also known as ITU H.265), had raised concerns among broadcasters and others in March 2015 when the [...]
By Tariq Mondal|December 21, 2015|Blog, Radio, Television|
Beyond 5G: Technical and Regulatory Trajectories As 5G mobile broadband service is on its course to be deployed later in this decade, researchers and industry visionaries have started thinking about what might follow [...]
By PILOT|December 21, 2015|Blog, Radio, Television|
Nomination Process Now Open for 2016 NAB Technology Awards Each year NAB honors several individuals and organizations who have made significant technological advances within the broadcasting industry. Recipients of these awards are chosen through a [...]
By Kelly T. Williams|December 7, 2015|Blog, Cybersecurity, Radio, Television|
On-Air Operations and Cyber Security – Part 2 You may have already been breached! The first installment of this series discussed generally why it’s important for radio and TV broadcast stations to implement [...]
By So Vang|December 7, 2015|Blog, Television|
Broadcast’s Reality May Be Virtual The promise of Virtual Reality has long been the stuff of science fiction. Early VR systems, such as Nintendo’s Virtual Boy, had consumers dreaming of a Star Trek like [...]
