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Public TV’s early adopters prepare to put ATSC 3.0 plans into action
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Proponents remain bullish about the technology’s prospects but see plenty of challenges in the year ahead for public broadcasters.
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Proponents remain bullish about the technology’s prospects but see plenty of challenges in the year ahead for public broadcasters.
HD Radio may not have met high expectations in the industry, but some station leaders still see value in its capacity to expand services.
The commission didn’t give public broadcasters everything they wanted, but a Jan. 19 decision paves the way for implementing distributed transmission systems that will aid ATSC 3 rollouts.
The plan to sell Pocket Casts is in “early stages of development,” according to an NPR spokesperson.
The commission is giving noncommercial TV stations a break on several rules and fees, a move that public broadcasters hope will lead to increased datacasting opportunities.
The project’s initial phase will provide about 40 smart speakers to people in assisted-living facilities.
A new alliance with American Tower gives PMG access to more than 40,000 towers around the country where it could potentially locate booster transmitters for future SFN systems.
Pubcasters didn’t get everything they wanted, but America’s Public Television Stations COO Lonna Thompson said the commission’s solution for simulcasting difficulties is “generous and fair.”
With equipment you probably have at home already, you can create a program even during the pandemic.
WGBH’s decision to sell its interest in PMM is part of a pattern in which the Boston-based public media giant has incubated business ventures and spun them off.
Co-authored by America’s Public Television Stations, the proposal would expand the use of booster transmitters to fill coverage gaps.
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The Apollo PublicTV Platform, which debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show this month, aims to help broadcasters experiment with the broadcast standard even before fully transitioning to the technology.
The network argues that more flexibility in how the FCC grants such requests would “strengthen the existing digital radio ecosystem.”
The archive’s efforts include working with universities, public media stations and preservation organizations around the country.
With CPB’s backing, a push to transition NPR station sites to a new content management system has expanded to include TV stations and joint licensees.
“We realized that we basically had created arbitrary lines in our apps based upon how NPR was structured,” said NPR’s Kerry Lenahan.
Two teams faced off in a live escape-room challenge hosted by WGBH.
Engineers at public TV stations in the Mountain West are still coping with wintry weather as they try to complete their pieces of the national conversion of translators to new channels.