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.
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FCC resolves ‘big regulatory hurdles’ to public TV’s ATSC 3.0 rollout
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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.”
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You can still get great sound when you’re stuck at home
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Put your interviewee to work and get creative.
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WKAR debuts platform that offers ‘stepping stone’ to ATSC 3.0
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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.
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NPR asks FCC to let more stations boost digital signals
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The network argues that more flexibility in how the FCC grants such requests would “strengthen the existing digital radio ecosystem.”
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American Archive collaborations expand scope, purpose of digital collection
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The archive’s efforts include working with universities, public media stations and preservation organizations around the country.
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Public media looks to new CMS for systemwide boost to web offerings
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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.
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To help confused users, NPR will consolidate its two apps into one
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“We realized that we basically had created arbitrary lines in our apps based upon how NPR was structured,” said NPR’s Kerry Lenahan.
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WGBH’s Escape Lab puts ‘audience first’ with interactive Twitch livestream
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Two teams faced off in a live escape-room challenge hosted by WGBH.
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Never-ending winter hampers conversion of TV translators
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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.