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PRX set to launch overhaul of Public Radio Player iPhone app
Four years after the first iteration of PRX’s Public Radio Player iPhone launched, a complete, “ground-up rewrite” is ready, with features including ...PBS inks deals for on-demand access to local station content
PBS unveiled deals to distribute public TV programs on two additional on-demand video streaming platforms — Roku and Xbox Live. The contracts, unveiled last ...Full speed ahead for Public Media Platform
After two-plus years of planning and prototyping a shared hub providing easy access to digital content from across public media, partners in ...For-profit start-up accelerator aims to make public media ‘Matter’ to Silicon Valley
The start-up accelerator unveiled a year ago as an experiment in bringing Silicon Valley’s culture of innovation to public media has rebranded ...FCC extends comment and reply deadlines for spectrum auction issues
The FCC announced on Thursday that it has extended its deadline for comments on upcoming broadcast spectrum auctions. The original deadlines, Dec. ...Sky’s the limit: KBIA-FM gets $25k grant to create newsgathering drones
Are small, nimble flying robots the next newsgathering tool for public broadcasters?Slow growth for HD Radio
Nearly a decade after HD Radio went live on its first station, iBiquity Digital Corp., the company that developed and sold the ...USDA grants back equipment upgrades at 10 rural pubTV stations
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $3.2 million in grants to 10 pubTV operators serving rural areas, assisting with equipment upgrades that ...Technology opens door to sharing content
To the editors, Regarding your recent article about discussions of audience-building strategies for public radio at last month’s Public Radio Program Directors conference, ...NPR seeks deal to offer CRM to more stations
NPR Digital Services is negotiating with an unidentified vendor to provide cloud-computing products to member stations, potentially transforming the ways they manage ...At last, PBS’s new distribution system nears completion
In August 2005, PBS's $120 million Next Generation Interconnection System was hailed as a major advance for the public broadcasting system. Its ...M. Ward debuts pubradio app for iPhones
Musician and public radio fan M. Ward has created an iPhone app that serves as a guide to noncommercial radio stations across ...US Ignite partnership will push for apps using a faster, smarter Internet
The state-operated Utah Education Network and several municipalities are among about 100 members of US Ignite, a new partnership creating services for ...As expected, FCC decides to sunset analog/digital viewability rule
The FCC is officially ending its viewability rule, which required cable operators with analog/digital systems to deliver must-carry TV stations in both ...Wildfire takes Colorado radio station off air
The main transmitter of KUNC-FM in Greeley, Colo., is off the air due to the High Park Fire, a wildfire covering almost ...
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