Engagement VR: Bringing communities together through virtual reality
Hans K. Meyer, Ph.D. is an associate professor at the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. His project, Engagement VR allowed newsrooms to create virtual tours of less covered parts of viewing areas. Hans won an Innovator Award in the 2017 Innovation Challenge. Read about his recent progress in this guest blog post, then submit your [...]
The 2019 BEITC Call for Papers is Open
The Call for Papers for the 2019 Broadcast Engineering and Information Technology Conference (BEITC) is now open. Proposals are invited for technical papers addressing the latest opportunities and challenges facing broadcast engineering and media-industry IT professionals around the world. The conference seeks presenters with fresh ideas and unique perspectives on key trends and technologies driving [...]
‘Whirlwind of Activity and Progress’ for 2017 Innovation Challenge Winner UNC-TV
Fred Engel CPBE is the senior director of technology at UNC-TV. He leads the Next Gen TV – Saving Lives One Alert at a Time project that delivers crucial alerts to first responders faster than the current pager system. Fred's team was the first place winner of the 2017 PILOT Innovation Challenge. Read about their recent work [...]
Challenge Inspires, Identifies, Supports Innovative Ideas
In our third Innovation Challenge, we’re looking for creative ideas for ways broadcasters and other local media could serve communities. And as the saying goes, “ideas are cheap, execution is everything.” That’s why we’ll award $120,000 among six winning ideas to move the idea forward. What is an innovative way broadcasters and other local media [...]
2017 Challenge Winners: What The Challenge Did for Me
The 2018 Innovation Challenge launched on Aug 15. Check out this video from last year's winners on what the Challenge did for them, then enter your innovative idea to serve communities through broadcast and local media. We're giving away $120,000 to advance the best ideas. Submit Your Idea
PILOT Launches Technology Internship Program
Could you use a technical intern at your TV or radio station? If you’re an NAB member, this just got easier to accomplish. PILOT has established a new fund for NAB member stations to provide paid internships for technology positions at their facilities, starting next Spring. Stations fill out a short online application form to [...]