Broadcasting in an Era of Connected Intelligence
The next 15 years will be more disruptive than the last 15 years. A myriad of connected devices and sensors will share and process information, and new services and business models taking advantage of the information will dominate the ecosystem. This will be the era of connected intelligence. During the last 200 years, technological advancements [...]
Innovation Challenge Focuses on Conversational AI for Broadcasters
We’re changing things up a bit for the fourth annual PILOT Innovation Challenge. This year, we’re funding a team to develop a prototype in response to a more specific challenge prompt: Build an AI character that can have conversations with individual viewers, listeners or consumers. Broadcasters should be able to define and train the character’s [...]
Free TV is a Pretty Good Deal, Whether You Pay For It or Not
This letter from a free TV fan could have been sent to NAB, but even if it’s not from an actual person, it illustrates the various factors in the overall value proposition of over-the-air TV broadcasting and that TV truly can be free for the taking. September 9 2019 Dear National Association of Broadcasters: I [...]
Tech Tuesday Premieres at the 2019 Radio Show
At the 2019 Radio Show in Dallas, we’re unveiling Tech Tuesday. It’s a full day of radio technology presentations on September 24, 2019 (the day prior to the official Radio Show opening). It’s intended for radio station engineers (both RF and audio specialists) and other radio technologists, as well as for multi-hat-wearing managers at smaller-market [...]
Technology Internship Grants Return for 2020
PILOT and the NAB Leadership Foundation (NABLF) will award grants to selected NAB member stations to provide paid engineering or media technology internships to undergraduate students. Apply Now In 2018, PILOT—working with the NAB Leadership Foundation (NABLF)—inaugurated a program that provided grants to NAB member stations allowing them to offer paid technical internships at their [...]
Evaluating Higher-throughput HD Radio Mode with the PILOT Radio Test Bed
The in-band/on-channel (IBOC) digital radio system used in the USA (called “HD Radio™”) provides benefits to broadcasters and listeners alike. Like other digital technologies, it is a flexible and configurable system allowing broadcasters to offer a variety of services and (for the FM-band system) multiple audio channels. Recently, PILOT, working with HD Radio developer Xperi [...]