Tech
Building the perfect home studio with NPR’s Don Gonyea
Grab your pillows and couch cushions!You can still get great sound when you’re stuck at home
Put your interviewee to work and get creative.WKAR debuts platform that offers ‘stepping stone’ to ATSC 3.0
The Apollo PublicTV Platform, which debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show this month, aims to help broadcasters experiment with the broadcast standard ...NPR asks FCC to let more stations boost digital signals
The network argues that more flexibility in how the FCC grants such requests would "strengthen the existing digital radio ecosystem."American Archive collaborations expand scope, purpose of digital collection
The archive's efforts include working with universities, public media stations and preservation organizations around the country.Public media looks to new CMS for systemwide boost to web offerings
With CPB's backing, a push to transition NPR station sites to a new content management system has expanded to include TV stations ...To help confused users, NPR will consolidate its two apps into one
“We realized that we basically had created arbitrary lines in our apps based upon how NPR was structured,” said NPR's Kerry Lenahan. ...WGBH’s Escape Lab puts ‘audience first’ with interactive Twitch livestream
Two teams faced off in a live escape-room challenge hosted by WGBH.Never-ending winter hampers conversion of TV translators
Engineers at public TV stations in the Mountain West are still coping with wintry weather as they try to complete their pieces ...The Public Media Stack: imagining a better tech ecosystem for today’s pubmedia
A former BBC executive hopes to steer public media organizations toward using digital platforms and tools that reinforce their ethics and values.Public Media Group unveils strategies to build a public-private Next Gen TV network
The new public benefit corporation, an affiliate of the Public Media Ventures Group, promises to operate as a neutral partner in developing ...Stations should vet data in preparation for universal sign-in, says CPB exec
During a Public Media Business Association session, CPB's VP for digital strategies discussed the potential of the technology.PRSS rolls out training program that aims to cultivate new generation of public radio engineers
Station leaders are increasingly saying that the lack of qualified engineers in the system is "keeping them up at night."TechCon features pubcasters sharing opportunities, challenges of ATSC 3.0 rollout
This year's TechCon presented the first real-world ATSC 3.0 experiences from several early adopters.Public Media Venture Group explores ATSC 3.0 project
Single-frequency networks will be an important part of the company's work on the transition to the ATSC 3.0 digital TV system.
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