The Show floor officially opened this morning, Alan Alda won the NAB Distinguished Service Award, we awarded the 2019 Innovators Award at Futures Park and wrapped up the day with the Achievement in Broadcast dinner where we honored our Digital Leadership Award winner.
Show Open
We kicked off today by recognizing legendary actor Alan Alda with the NAB Distinguished Service Award.
Thrilled to have met this year’s NAB Distinguished Service Award winner, Alan Alda, at the opening of the #NABShow 2019! pic.twitter.com/ctvvhKNs08
— Caroline Beasley (@CarolineBeasl15) April 8, 2019
A broad coalition of broadcast television station groups as well as public broadcasters announced that ATSC 3.0 will be rolled out in 40 U.S. markets by the end of 2020.
.@BrendanCarrFCC: Next Gen TV is exciting technology that can bring new services to market #NABShow pic.twitter.com/aaA3kdAbHZ
— Zamir Ahmed (@ZamirAtNAB) April 8, 2019
Innovation Award and Futures Park Reception
Ollie Baumann accepted the Innovation Award at the Futures Park Reception for MediaKind. They won the award for enabling the world’s first 6K tiled 360-degree live sports streaming.
Ollie Baumann accepts the Innovation Award for MediaKind from Skip Pizzi (left) and Lynn Claudy (right)
Digital Leadership Award
Wendy McMahon wins the 2019 NAB Digital Leadership Award
Wendy McMahon, president ABC Owned Television Stations Group, was awarded the Digital Leadership Award at the Achievement in Broadcasting dinner.
So happy to see this well earned honor! Thank you for your leadership @WendyMcMahon7 #nabshow #innovation #leadership https://t.co/HpL0VbzX7q
— Sam Matheny (@NABCTO) April 9, 2019