Tech
Frontline teams with PRX to develop iPad app
WGBH's long-running documentary program is partnering with the Public Radio Exchange to develop a free app for iPad users.Indiana pubmedia stations to connect via high-speed fiber network
A state-operated fiber network will soon link all Indiana pubcasters for the first time. Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations (IPBS), a consortium of nine ...FOIA Machine, backed by CIR, makes it big on Kickstarter
A Kickstarter campaign has given a boost to FOIA Machine, a project from employees of the nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting that ...PBS NewsHour website redesign to integrate upcoming weekend program
In addition to launching a weekend edition of the PBS NewsHour, New York’s WNET has secured a contract to create an integrated website for ...Court rejects broadcasters’ appeal to block Aereo
Aereo, the startup service that allows subscribers to view and record television broadcast programs via the Internet, won another legal victory on ...Public media stations rethink and repurpose content for tablet users
As consumer use of tablet devices continues to rise, more public media stations are moving onto the platform with supplementary content and ...PRX Remix app comes to mobile devices
Public Radio Exchange is porting its popular PRX Remix program stream to yet another platform as an app for iPhones and Android ...Transom, Curious City to develop new technology tools with Knight aid
Each grantee will receive up to $50,000 to support the creation of experimental tools intended to improve storytelling and reportingArizona PBS installing seven rural translators
Arizona PBS in Phoenix is bringing seven new digital translators online between June 24 and late September, extending its service to rural ...National Datacast closing ‘substantial portion’ of operations
National Datacast Inc., which since 1988 has leased data-transmission space to commercial clients on participating public television stations’ analog channels, is closing ...Demo Day marks ‘rite of passage’ for Matter startups
Matter, the first startup accelerator backed by public media, unveiled the latest iterations of its inaugural class’s technology products June 13, introducing ...Master-control alliance in Florida gets $7 million from CPB
The Digital Convergence Alliance, a single master-control facility in Florida ramping up to serve public television stations in four states with customized ...Podcast lawsuits provoke pubmedia attention, presidential action
A brewing legal fight initiated by Personal Audio, a Texas-based company that claims to have invented podcasting technology, has entered a new ...CPTV’s mobile venture to share revenues with PTV outlets
Connecticut Public Television has joined with a digital media company in rolling out a new mobile platform that will offer digital downloads ...PBS wades into over the top content streaming with new Roku apps
As of May 8, owners of Roku Internet streaming TV set-top boxes gained access to the first-ever curated collection of PBS shows ...
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