Tech
With smart speakers, Aspen Public Radio aims to help older adults feel more connected
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The project’s initial phase will provide about 40 smart speakers to people in assisted-living facilities.
Tech
Public Media Group partners with tower owner for bigger single-frequency network footprint
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A new alliance with American Tower gives PMG access to more than 40,000 towers around the country where it could potentially locate booster transmitters for future SFN systems.
Tech
FCC resolves ‘big regulatory hurdles’ to public TV’s ATSC 3.0 rollout
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Pubcasters didn’t get everything they wanted, but America’s Public Television Stations COO Lonna Thompson said the commission’s solution for simulcasting difficulties is “generous and fair.”
Tech
How to record a music show at home with Audacity
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With equipment you probably have at home already, you can create a program even during the pandemic.
Tech
Public Media Group buys WGBH share in Public Media Management venture
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WGBH’s decision to sell its interest in PMM is part of a pattern in which the Boston-based public media giant has incubated business ventures and spun them off.
Tech
FCC proposal could help public TV stations improve signal coverage
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Co-authored by America’s Public Television Stations, the proposal would expand the use of booster transmitters to fill coverage gaps.
Tech
You can still get great sound when you’re stuck at home
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Put your interviewee to work and get creative.
ATSC 3.0
WKAR debuts platform that offers ‘stepping stone’ to ATSC 3.0
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The Apollo PublicTV Platform, which debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show this month, aims to help broadcasters experiment with the broadcast standard even before fully transitioning to the technology.
Tech
NPR asks FCC to let more stations boost digital signals
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The network argues that more flexibility in how the FCC grants such requests would “strengthen the existing digital radio ecosystem.”
Tech
American Archive collaborations expand scope, purpose of digital collection
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The archive’s efforts include working with universities, public media stations and preservation organizations around the country.
Tech
Public media looks to new CMS for systemwide boost to web offerings
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With CPB’s backing, a push to transition NPR station sites to a new content management system has expanded to include TV stations and joint licensees.
Tech
To help confused users, NPR will consolidate its two apps into one
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“We realized that we basically had created arbitrary lines in our apps based upon how NPR was structured,” said NPR’s Kerry Lenahan.
Tech
WGBH’s Escape Lab puts ‘audience first’ with interactive Twitch livestream
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Two teams faced off in a live escape-room challenge hosted by WGBH.
Tech
Never-ending winter hampers conversion of TV translators
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Engineers at public TV stations in the Mountain West are still coping with wintry weather as they try to complete their pieces of the national conversion of translators to new channels.
Tech
The Public Media Stack: imagining a better tech ecosystem for today’s pubmedia
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A former BBC executive hopes to steer public media organizations toward using digital platforms and tools that reinforce their ethics and values.
Tech
Public Media Group unveils strategies to build a public-private Next Gen TV network
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The new public benefit corporation, an affiliate of the Public Media Ventures Group, promises to operate as a neutral partner in developing local single-frequency network systems with public and commercial broadcasters.
Tech
Stations should vet data in preparation for universal sign-in, says CPB exec
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During a Public Media Business Association session, CPB’s VP for digital strategies discussed the potential of the technology.
Tech
PRSS rolls out training program that aims to cultivate new generation of public radio engineers
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Station leaders are increasingly saying that the lack of qualified engineers in the system is “keeping them up at night.”
Tech
TechCon features pubcasters sharing opportunities, challenges of ATSC 3.0 rollout
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This year’s TechCon presented the first real-world ATSC 3.0 experiences from several early adopters.