Tech
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 ...Needed: courage to shape digital video future
"Today I want to lay out a vision for how we can invent our future, a future where public television is serving ...GMs take up PBS plan to expand web video output
Three dozen general managers have coalesced around a proposal by PBS Interactive chief Jason Seiken to jump-start low-cost local video production at ...Q&A: ‘Building on strengths’ key to PBS strategy
After stints in the cable world as producers and programmers, PBS execs Beth Hoppe and Donald Thoms returned to PBS last August ...Advocates press FCC to open more channels for LPFMs
NPR, the National Association of Broadcasters and advocates for low-power radio expressed opposing views to the FCC in a proceeding that will ...Jacksonville to host second centralcast facility for public TV
The pull of economic strains and push of technical advancements continue to spark collaborations among stations, with seven pubTV outlets signing onto ...Suspects charged in connection with 2011 cyberattacks on PBS, other entities
Five suspects, considered among the “most sophisticated hackers in the world” by authorities, were arrested and charged Tuesday (March 6) in Manhattan ...Frontline alumnus will lead incubator for new ventures
Public Media Accelerator, a laboratory for developing new-tech public services backed by a $2.5 million grant from the Knight Foundation, will be ...FCC authorized to auction off TV spectrum
Legislation enacted last week to authorize FCC auctions of TV spectrum contains some protections for pubcasters, but broadcasters will face technical challenges ...Capital: With federal aid gone, tech fundraising starts from scratch
The evaporation of the Commerce Department’s Public Telecommunications Facilities Program and the dwindling of other funding sources have created a critical situation ...NPR app for motorists gets radio from the Web as well as stations
Some new Ford cars will let their drivers shout “hourly news!” or “topics!” and choose public radio programming either on their local ...
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