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New digital offerings from NPR, PBS promise closer look at how users consume content
New digital offerings from NPR and PBS aim to give public media additional platforms for building online audiences while gaining insights into ...Why you’re doing audio levels wrong, and why it really does matter
Inconsistent loudness among public radio shows frustrates listeners and poses challenges for technical staffers.Pubcasters welcome Supreme Court decision against Aereo
PBS and New York’s WNET joined major commercial networks Wednesday in hailing a U.S. Supreme Court decision that found the business model ...Pubradio news stations join iTunes Radio lineup
Expanding NPR’s footprint as the first news provider on Apple’s iTunes Radio, 42 member stations join the lineup today. iTunes Radio, which ...Engineers seek solution to varied volume of satellite-fed programs
A recent NPR study confirmed that what many have surmised for years is true: Public radio shows sent through the Public Radio Satellite ...Chicago’s WFMT to leave Public Radio Satellite System for PRX
The Chicago network cited rising costs of satellite carriage and a desire to expand internationally as reasons for the move.Student-designed Android app gathers donations for public radio’s producers
My2Cents Radio took top prize in an app-development competition co-sponsored by the Public Media Platform.NPR factors ‘mixed response’ from client stations into plans for Digital Services
With contract negotiations looming this fall, leaders at NPR member stations are getting increasingly vocal about what they see as shortcomings of ...On new website, Aereo lays out argument for favorable court ruling
Startup Internet TV service Aereo has launched a website to make its case to the public in advance of a U.S. Supreme ...CPB plans meetings to inform public TV execs about spectrum auction
CPB will convene two meetings about spectrum over the next two months, working to craft guidelines for public TV stations to use ...WNYC’s new feature lets listeners create, download playlists
New York Public Radio’s WNYC recently beefed up its mobile app with a personalization feature allowing users to generate playlists of news ...Houston Public Media launches new site combining TV and radio offerings
Houston Public Media unveiled a new website this week as part of its ongoing effort to converge its radio, TV and digital ...In spectrum auction decisions, weigh the value of public service
With the unique opportunity presented by the auctions, proper due diligence certainly requires PTV leaders to weigh the potential one-time upside from ...FCC hews to mid-2015 time frame for spectrum auction
The FCC affirmed today that it plans to hold the spectrum incentive auction for television broadcasters in mid-2015 and will issue the ...$2.5 million in grants will help rural stations complete DTV transition
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced six grants totaling more than $2.5 million Wednesday as part of its Public Television Digital Transition ...
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