Saturday Technology Planner at 2025 NAB Show

While exhibitors put the finishing touches on the show floor, the conference programming begins, and we start with a can’t miss event for broadcast engineers and media technologists – the BEIT Conference Opening Session.

Live from the International Space Station: The BEIT Conference Opening
Saturday, April 5 | 9:30 – 11:00 am
West Hall Room W222-W223

The NAB Broadcast Engineering and IT (BEIT) Conference blasts off with a keynote session that’s literally out of this world! Conference attendees will engage in a live 4K UHD conversation with NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station, showcasing new live UHD switching and routing capability at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

This keynote will explore the evolution of global broadcasting, from the grainy 1969 Moon landing to the upcoming Artemis III mission, expected to be the largest live-streamed event in history. This session will examine the challenges and innovations that will define the future of broadcast technology, content distribution and media consumption on April 5 at 9:30 a.m.

The opening session also includes the presentation of the Best Paper Award and the Best Student Paper Award (co-sponsored with IEEE BTS) honoring the author(s) of the best scientific paper and student paper published in the 2025 NAB Broadcast Engineering and IT Conference Proceedings.

Saturday’s Broadcast Engineering and IT Conference Schedule
Saturday, April 5 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
West Hall Rooms W220-W221 and W222-W223

BPS Project Update, Leader-Follower Deployment, and eLoran Demo
Saturday, April 5 | 11:45 am – 12:15 pm
West Hall Room W222-W223

PS has been deployed at WHUT in Washington, DC and in KWGN at Boulder, Colorado. BPS is also being deployed at WNUV at Baltimore, Maryland. NAB has been working with NIST, DOT, and DHS on BPS testing and deployment. With collaboration with ATSC 3.0 equipment vendors, NAB is also in the process of developing BPS network operations center (NOC) software and a new BPS receiver. This presentation will be a progress report and current development status of BPS in the following areas: (1) installation and system calibration; (2) deployment status; (3) time delivery performance of the deployed systems; (4) new receiver development; and (5) monitoring health of the system with NOC.

Small and Medium Market Radio Forum (RSVP Required)
Saturday, April 5 | 2:00 – 6:00 pm

The Small and Medium Market Radio Forum covers the most critical topics for small and medium market radio stations. Participate in engaging roundtable conversations on the hottest industry topics from AI implementation to programming  to revenue generation. Develop crucial connections with your peers throughout the forum and during the Closing Reception.

National Radio Systems Committee (NRSC) meetings
Saturday, April 5 | 2:30 – 5:00 pm
West Hall Room W203

The National Radio Systems Committee (NRSC) is jointly sponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Its purpose is to study and make recommendations for technical standards that relate to radio broadcasting and the reception of radio broadcast signals. Three NRSC Subcommittees will hold meetings: AM and FM Analog Broadcasting (AFAB), Data Services and Metadata (DSM), and Digital Radio Broadcasting (DRB).

IEEE BTS: SRT Backup, A Proposal for the Improvement of C-band Satellite Link Availability
Saturday, April 5 | 3:30 – 4:00 pm
West Hall Room W222-W223

This presentation explores an alternative approach for interference mitigation based on SRT-based backup links over the public internet. SRT is an open, industry-wide protocol which can be used to reliably deliver MPEG-TS-based signals over the public internet.

IEEE BTS: Digital Broadcast to Handhelds: The Future That is Still to Come
Saturday, April 5 | 4:00 – 4:30 pm
West Hall Room W222-W223

Digital Broadcast to Handhelds has long been anticipated to revolutionize the way we consume media on the go. However, despite high expectations, the reality has yet to meet these promises. This presentation provides an overview of the various Broadcast to Handhelds solutions, examining both their technical capabilities and limitations.

BEIT and Premium Conference Happy Hour
Saturday, April 5 | 4:30 – 5:30 pm
West Hall Room W220-W221

Network with your peers after the BEIT sessions and Premium conference events end at this sponsored happy hour for all conference attendees. Just steps away from your session rooms, download with your fellow attendees on the new ideas and technologies presented over the course of the day’s sessions.

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