‘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 [...]
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 [...]