The Future of Radio: A Visit to Detroit
PILOT and NAB have been working with members to strengthen the relationship between the broadcast and automotive industries. In early June, during TU-Automotive (an annual auto industry trade show held just outside of Detroit), NAB co-hosted a workshop with the GENIVI Alliance to bring together radio executives and representatives from automotive OEMs and Tier 1s [...]
UNC-TV Utilizes Next Gen TV to Aid First Responders
UNC-TV won the PILOT Innovation Challenge in 2017 for their system that utilizes ATSC 3 to alert first responders of an emergency, and on May 17 they completed the first successful test of their system, broadcasting an emergency announcement from a 911 dispatch center via the ATSC 3 system. ...in emergency situations, a matter of [...]
PILOT Pitch Prize: Fourteen Companies Advance
The application submission phase of the 2018 PILOT Pitch Prize, a pitch competition that will award $50K SAFE note investment to each of the three winners at the pitch event held at the 2018 NAB Show New York, ended on April 30. The first screening of the submitted applications has been done, and the [...]
NAB Show Shanghai Considers AI for Media and More
At the 2018 NAB Show Shanghai, Skip Pizzi, NAB’s Vice President, Technology Education and Outreach, will present a lecture entitled “How Artificial Intelligence Will Benefit the Media Ecosystem” based on several papers by AI experts that were recently presented at NAB BEIT Conference in Las Vegas, Nev. Skip will cover the use of Artificial Intelligence [...]
Paving the Road to ATSC 3 – Sam Matheny’s Next Gen TV Keynote
ATSC 3 has had a very successful year, but NAB CTO Sam Matheny reminded the standing room only crowd at the 2018 Next Gen TV Conference that there was still more to do. "We are at that magical time when the plans are done, but the products are not," he said. "This is the place [...]
NAB Show Recap: PILOT, Nautel, Xperi and Beasley Win Radio World Best of Show; BEITC
We wrapped up the 2018 NAB Show with a win. Radio World chose our Experimental All Digital ON-AIR Testing with Nautel, Xperi and Beasley as one of the 2018 Best of Show Winners. PILOT All Digital FM Testing won the Radio World Best of Show The BEITC wrapped up today with presentations including AI [...]