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Boston audience plays along with High School Quiz Show
Audiences of WGBH’s High School Quiz Show can now play against Massachusetts whiz kids through an online game that launched early this month. The ...PubTV urges commission to drop ‘OET-69’ proposal
CPB, PBS and the Association of Public Television Stations are jointly opposing a proposal by the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology ...From Massachusetts Ave. to NoMa
The April 13 broadcast of Weekend Edition Saturday was the first to originate from NPR's new $201 million headquarters.WGBH’s Accessible Media center waives theater captioning fees
The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) at WGBH in Boston is permanently waiving license fees for ...Live radio captioning goes nationwide with Latino USA
Radio for the deaf,” a captioning technology developed and refined through an NPR Labs partnership, is moving into mainstream broadcasting with Latino ...SoundCloud rolls out beta Pro Partners service; KQED among first partners
SoundCloud, the Berlin-based web company that serves as a hub for listening to and sharing audio, added a new tier of service ...NPR to pilot alerts for people with hearing disabilities
NPR will test a system for delivering emergency alerts to individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing in Gulf Coast states under a ...The name needs revamping, but podcasts are here to stay
If you’re a public radio station without a plan for how to take advantage of the remarkably flexible and creative platform of ...PBS pushes message of digital innovation at SXSW
During a March 10 appearance at the South by Southwest Interactive conference, PBS President Paula Kerger talked the talk of digital innovation, ...Pubmedia-funded start-up accelerator Matter announces inaugural class
The first start-up class of Matter, the media accelerator backed by Knight Foundation, KQED and the Public Radio Exchange, includes Localore partner ...Report: IRS needs to change “antiquated” approach to nonprofit news startups
Taking too long to confer 501(c)3 status to startup nonprofit news organizations not only undervalues journalism but also has stymied new approaches ...Company claiming patent infringement targets podcasters
Personal Audio says it has a patent covering the technology used in podcasting. A representative for the company said no public broadcasters ...Speculators betting big on FCC TV spectrum auctions
For the last few years, three well-funded buyout firms have been quietly picking up licenses to commercial and noncommercial TV stations in ...Roku, Xbox pick up pubTV shows
PBS is jumping into the “over-the-top” video-streaming space with a pair of deals to distribute public TV programs through apps on Roku ...Use of crowdfunding site flags under APM
Spot.us, the crowdfunding website allowing journalists to raise funds for their reporting projects, has been hit by a sharp decline in usage ...
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