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Aereo takes another lump in search for legal legitimacy
Internet TV service Aereo’s bid to find a workable business model suffered another legal setback Thursday, with the U.S. Court of Appeals ...Carolla settlement with Personal Audio averts trial for podcast patent case
The company says it no longer intends to sue podcasters who make only "modest amounts of money" from the technology.In Illinois, WTVP takes over TV broadcast operations for WQPT
The broadcast signal for WQPT-TV in Moline, Ill., is now originating from WTVP-TV in Peoria, about 90 miles to the southeast. WQPT previously outsourced ...Changes to FCC rules ease requirements for tower owners, tenants
Pubcasters who own broadcast towers are about to get regulatory relief thanks to a FCC decision that closes the books on a ...NPR Labs to end run as stand-alone unit after losing consulting work
NPR will integrate NPR Labs into its general budget and tighten its focus on public radio after almost five years of running ...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 ...
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