Tech
L.A.’s KLCS to participate in nation’s first TV channel-sharing pilot
Two Los Angeles television stations, one commercial and the other public, will pilot the first television channel-sharing project in the country, CTIA ...“f gwenifill”? Former pubmedia consultant’s Twitter mistake results in bizarre messages
Several news organizations’ Twitter accounts, including some public media accounts, emitted a deluge of cryptic messages reading “f gwenifill” today. The tweets ...NPR drives forward with dashboard delivery
Having faced the disruptive threats posed by cassette tapes, CDs, satellite radio and even the iPod, public radio strategists are increasingly looking ...Supreme Court to decide fate of Aereo’s Internet broadcasting service
Television broadcasters, commercial and noncommercial, succeeded in securing a hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court in their bid to strike down Aereo, ...Chevy’s upcoming in-dash app selection to include NPR
General Motors announced Monday that the NPR News app will be featured in the inaugural suite of in-car apps the automaker has ...Virginia stations signal intent to hop on joint master-control bandwagon
Virginia public broadcasters WCVE and WVPT are the latest stations to come together to form a joint master control. Starting as early as ...CPB Board hears troubling predictions for spectrum auctions and repacking
CPB Board members got an ominous preview Monday of the corporation’s upcoming white paper about spectrum issues in public broadcasting. At a meeting ...CPB gives $1 million to build and expand emergency communication services
Five pubcasting stations are receiving a total of $1 million in grants from CPB to expand emergency alert and communications services. CPB announced ...WNYC’s homemade sensors provide new tools for detecting stories
WNYC is among the media outlets that are working to extend that domain to include members of their audiences, tapping into communities ...Gettysburg native retells 150-year-old story through latest technology
A new documentary airing on Maryland Public Television this month incorporates high-tech cinematography to offer a fresh new take on the 150-year-old ...Start the presses: WHYY releases “print edition” of NewsWorks web site
To promote its online local news platform NewsWorks, Philadelphia’s WHYY developed an unconventional campaign mimicking over-the-top advertising techniques and the limitations of ...NPR tweaks Composer 2.0 software for classical stations
NPR Digital has altered the latest version of its Composer software used by stations for tracking playlists and scheduling programs. Composer 2.0, ...Public TV connects to feds’ new emergency alert system
A $56.8 million technology project equipping public television stations to help deliver geo-targeted emergency messages to mobile devices has reached an important ...Knell’s departure stalls discussions about expanding NPR’s Code Switch
Talks between NPR and CPB about expanding the network’s Code Switch to a local and regional level are on hold as NPR ...Technical hurdles, unknown costs loom in spectrum repacking
As the FCC prepares to reshuffle the layout of the nation’s television spectrum for the repacking process, public broadcasters are girding for ...
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