Innovation Stories

E.W. Scripps stations have made Facebook Live the principle means for breaking news. Journalists, reporters and even producers have leveraged the new service to provide up to the minute breaking news happening in their communities. Why is it [...]

Entercom has launched the Content Innovation Group dedicated to providing a richer experience for their listeners both on-air and via digital channels. The new team will focus on pushing out original content as well as national [...]

Premion, a division of TEGNA, is an OTT advertising services platform that offers local and regional advertisers access to premium, long-form episodic content. Why is it important? The media landscape extends into online platforms and [...]

Haystack TV, a personalized video news platform, has partnered with the Meredith Corporation to offer local news on OTT and mobile to 12 million U.S. homes. Why is it important? The way we consume media is changing, [...]

NBC’s coverage of the 2016 Olympics in Rio included distribution of designated events in stunning 4K ultra HDTV. Men's and Women's Olympic Swimming. National Aquatics Center Why is it important? This technology provided [...]

Numerous FM-band digital radio broadcasters in the U.S. have implemented the HD Radio feature “Artist Experience,” the transmission, delivery and display of album art and other images on HD Radio receivers equipped to support this [...]

iHeartMedia joined forces with Cumulus, Entercom, Cox and Sun Broadcast Group to announce a strategic alliance with Shazam for a groundbreaking audio audience measurement solution. Why is it important? The new measurement solution for broadcast [...]

NewsON, the app that delivers local news, has launched a video browser that brings viewers new ways to watch and search for local news content. Why is it important? NewsON's expansion to the web provides another way to [...]

iHeartMedia’s 24/7 News Network partnered with NBC News to launch NBC News Radio. Why is it important? Through this collaboration, 24/7 News Network, the world’s largest radio-only news source, will provide its 1,000 affiliated radio [...]

On June 29, 2016, WRAL-TV became the first commercially-licensed television station to broadcast its news under next-generation standards, ATSC 3.0. WRAL launched the new station with a 4K/UHD documentary followed by the WRAL live news. Why [...]