Innovation Stories

In July 2015, Scripps acquired Midroll Media, a leading podcasting company, to accelerate leadership in the spoken word and audio streaming space. Midroll Media is a major player in the podcast space and operates a [...]

A coalition of 15 broadcasters, print, and online publishers are working on a testing program through the FAA’s test site at Virginia Tech for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – or “drones” [...]

On March 31, 2015, Nexstar Broadcasting Group combined existing digital assets into a new operation, LAKANA, that offers publishers a variety of multiplatform digital technologies to capitalize on the growing demand for digital publishing services. [...]

The LiveU smartphone app allows broadcasters to capture and transmit high-quality live video over IP. When the NBC 4 news team in Los Angeles California covered the Springs wildfire, they were separated from their SNG truck [...]

Scripps acquired WeatherSphere in October 2014  to build out the commitment it made to mobile consumer applications and weather when it started its own award-winning app, StormShield. Photo: Fir0002/Flagstaffotos GFDL License Why is it important? Broadcasters [...]

Greater Media’s WBT(AM) was the first class A station in the U.S. (and likely the world) to transmit in all-digital HD mode. They are also the only station to date to accomplish digital AM transmission [...]

NextRadio is a smartphone app that uses the phone’s built-in FM Chip for audio and the phone’s data channel to deliver a rich, interactive artist, station and advertising experience. [...]

iHeartMedia enables the delivery of traffic information over a wide variety of transmission types. This includes FM-band HD Radio Supplemental Data Services implemented with Toyota/Lexus as well as the Traffic Service over the Radio Data [...]