By Sam Matheny|October 18, 2017|Blog, Radio|
In recent months, the Southeast U.S., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have been pummeled by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. The wildfires in California have been equally devastating. These storms and fires have [...]
By Skip Pizzi|June 2, 2016|Blog, Radio|
PILOT has been tracking the status of FM radio receiver capabilities in U.S. smartphones since 2013, observing sales and pursuing teardown analysis on the top-selling models (i.e., approximately the top 70% of sales, analyzed each [...]
By Tariq Mondal|December 21, 2015|Blog, Radio, Television|
Beyond 5G: Technical and Regulatory Trajectories As 5G mobile broadband service is on its course to be deployed later in this decade, researchers and industry visionaries have started thinking about what might follow [...]
By So Vang|October 20, 2015|Blog, Television|
Broadcast TV and Second Screen Apps According to Nielsen, 47% of global respondents say they engage with social media while watching TV programming and 58% say they browse the Internet. A recent Accenture study [...]
By David Layer|October 2, 2015|Blog, Radio|
Connected Car Panel – More Competition is Coming! Two panels on the “connected car” at this week’s Radio Show (September 30-October 2, 2015, Atlanta, GA) offered attendees an insightful look into what’s coming down [...]
By Skip Pizzi|August 19, 2015|Blog, Radio|
Momentum Grows for FM in Smartphones There’s been good news recently for advocates of activating FM radio receivers in smartphones. First came the announcement by AT&T Wireless—the #2 wireless carrier in the U.S.—that it [...]
By Skip Pizzi|May 4, 2015|Blog, Radio|
Teardown analysis of the Apple Watch by ABI Research shows that—like most smartphones—the device includes a connectivity chip that incorporates WiFi, Bluetooth and FM radio capabilities. As in the iPhone, however, the FM capabilities of the connectivity chip are not implemented on the device.
