Talking Revenue and Data at the Digital Futures Exchange
There are so many options, ideas and opinions when it comes to driving digital revenue in local markets that it’s tough to determine what’s really working. That’s the driver for the Digital Futures Exchange at the NAB Show on April 17. Use the promo code DFX16 or click here to register for 50% off a one day Sunday only pass [...]
Are Your Facilities Prepared for a Cyber Attack?
The era when broadcasters could believe they're immune from cyberattacks is over. On April 2015, France’s TV5Monde had all 12 of its broadcast stations knocked off air for 18 hours. French investigators found that the hackers had laid the groundwork for the attack by exploiting systems throughout TV5Monde’s infrastructure as far back as January 2015. TV5Monde’s president, Yves Bigot, [...]
HPA Tech Retreat 2016 Reaches for the Stars
This year’s Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Tech Retreat, held last week in the Palm Springs area, presented its usual array of top-notch media-technology presentations, provocative panels and intriguing demonstrations. Curated and led by the well-known “engineer and explainer” Mark Schubin, the Retreat has become synonymous with the cutting edge of the media production industry, [...]
Welcome to Pilot
What’s next? It sounds odd – perhaps inappropriate – to start an introduction with a question, but in this case it’s fitting. It’s the fundamental question we at PILOT are wrestling with for our industry. What’s next for broadcasters?We have unparalleled opportunities to advance how we serve our audiences. The combination of traditional and digital media offers broadcasters a unique advantage to address how we can best engage with consumers as well as distributing, measuring and monetizing content.We’ve launched PILOT to explore the answers to these questions with the people directly and indirectly involved. This new initiative creates opportunities for people to engage and develop solutions that benefit our consumers, industry, and members. PILOT is an evolution of NAB Labs that will explore digital technologies, while continuing to build on the advances made by NAB Labs.
NAB’s Tech Crew Takes On CES
The NAB Labs team was out in full force at this years CES to find the latest innovations applicable to the future of broadcasting. The following highlights some of the standout technology from the show. LG’s demo used the KHMP facility on Channel 18 while Samsung, working with ONE Media, Pearl TV, Sinclair [...]
HEVC Advance Revises Royalties to Remove Most Broadcaster Licensing Fees
HEVC Advance, LLC, the second patent pool announced for the MPEG-H Part 2 High-Efficiency Video Coding standard (HEVC, also known as ITU H.265), had raised concerns among broadcasters and others in March 2015 when the organization announced that its licensing terms would include a levy of “0.5% of Attributable Revenues” on any distribution of content [...]