Sky's the limit: KBIA-FM gets $25k grant to create newsgathering drones
Posted: November, 28, 2012
By Dru Sefton
Are small, nimble flying robots the next newsgathering tool for public broadcasters? Continue reading →Technology
Use of crowdfunding site flags under APM
Posted: January, 17, 2013
By Andrew Lapin
Spot.us, the crowdfunding website allowing journalists to raise funds for their reporting projects, has been hit by a sharp decline in usage since its acquisition by American Public Media, which has been making changes intended to revamp its business model and protect the site’s journalistic integrity in the world of online pitch funding. Continue reading →
Roku, Xbox pick up pubTV shows
Posted: January, 18, 2013
By Ben Mook
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 boxes and Xbox Live. Continue reading →
Full speed ahead for Public Media Platform
Posted: December, 17, 2012
By Andrew Lapin
After two-plus years of planning and prototyping a shared hub providing easy access to digital content from across public media, partners in the Public Media Platform will begin building the new technical system next month. Continue reading →
For-profit start-up accelerator aims to make public media 'Matter' to Silicon Valley
Posted: December, 06, 2012
By Andrew Lapin
The start-up accelerator unveiled a year ago as an experiment in bringing Silicon Valley’s culture of innovation to public media has rebranded itself in a move to attract a wider range of ideas and investors. Continue reading →US Ignite partnership will push for apps using a faster, smarter Internet
Posted: June 14, 2012The state-operated Utah Education Network and several municipalities are among about 100 members of US Ignite, a new partnership creating services for future broadband networks running up to 100 times faster than today’s Internet. This White House announced the partnership … Continue reading
As expected, FCC decides to sunset analog/digital viewability rule
Posted: June 13, 2012The FCC is officially ending its viewability rule, which required cable operators with analog/digital systems to deliver must-carry TV stations in both formats, reports Broadcasting & Cable. Broadcasters wanted the FCC to extend the requirement another three years, but the … Continue reading
Wildfire takes Colorado radio station off air
Posted: June 11, 2012The main transmitter of KUNC-FM in Greeley, Colo., is off the air due to the High Park Fire, a wildfire covering almost 37,000 acres. “KUNC’s main transmitter is located on Buckhorn Mountain which is directly in the fire zone of … Continue reading
Needed: courage to shape digital video future
Posted: May 29, 2012“Today I want to lay out a vision for how we can invent our future, a future where public television is serving millions more people with billions more videos …” Continue reading
GMs take up PBS plan to expand Web video output
Posted: May 29, 2012Three dozen general managers have coalesced around a proposal by PBS Interactive chief Jason Seiken to jump-start low-cost local video production at public TV stations. Seiken laid out his plan for reinventing public TV’s new media strategies during the PBS Annual Meeting in Denver. Continue reading
Q&A: ‘Building on strengths’ key to PBS strategy
Posted: May 14, 2012After stints in the cable world as producers and programmers, PBS execs Beth Hoppe and Donald Thoms returned to PBS last August to assist Chief TV Programming Executive John Wilson with primetime scheduling. They’ve also been working closely with producers … Continue reading
Advocates press FCC to open more channels for LPFMs
Posted: May 14, 2012NPR, the National Association of Broadcasters and advocates for low-power radio expressed opposing views to the FCC in a proceeding that will shape the future of the commission’s expanding class of low-power FM broadcasters. For the second time since it … Continue reading