Months After Hurricane, WTJX Fights On

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In September 2017, Category 5 Hurricane Irma devastated the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Thomas along with much of the rest of the Caribbean. Among the victims was WTJX(FM). The hurricane knocked the station — which rebroadcasts NPR national content — right off the air and destroyed the facilities of sister PBS TV station WTJX. “As well, Hurricane Irma knocked down our STL (studio-to-transmitter microwave link) at the St. Thomas…

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Injured U.S. Army Airborne Division Veteran Receives Specialized Smart Home

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Bronze Star and Purple Heart Recipient Corporal Alan Babin Jr. recently received a new custom-built specially adapted smart home from the Gary Sinise Foundation’s R.I.S.E. program (Restoring Independence Supporting Empowerment), with home control and entertainment equipment donated by Nortek Security & Control (NSC) which included an ELAN Entertainment & Control system, plus solutions from SpeakerCraft, Sunfire, and Panamax. At 22 years old, Babin enlisted in the U.S. Army and began…

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Younger Viewers Watching TV Out of Home: Nielsen Report

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While networks fret that they’ve been abandoned by younger viewers, Nielsen said they’re watching linear TV content, but they’re not sitting in the living room while they’re watching. It’s true that younger viewers are among the most active video streamers, but the relatively affluent members of the millennial generation and Generation Z are also watching linear TV content in out-of-home locations, according to a new Nielsen report. See the original…

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Nielsen Adding YouTubeTV To Local Audience Ratings

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Nielsen says it is adding viewing on YouTube TV to its local audience ratings. YouTube TV, one of a number of new digital multichannel video programming distributors, now streams the signals of broadcast affiliates in 99 local markets to subscribers. YouTube TV is also including in Nielsen’s national TV ratings. Nielsen is using its Digital in TV Ratings service for both national and local measurement. Read more about it here.

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Hyundai Invests In Radar Technology Company For Self-Driving Vehicles

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Automakers continue to make investments in autonomous vehicle technology, and Korean automaker Hyundai is no exception. Hyundai CRADLE, Hyundai Motor Company’s corporate venturing and open innovation business, has announced an investment in Metawave Corporation to build intelligent radars for autonomous vehicles. Metawave is leveraging adaptive metamaterials (conventional materials using engineered structures with unique electromagnetic properties not found in nature) and artificial intelligence (AI) to create smart radars. Read the rest…

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Disney intros Luminate, a new data-driven targeted ad product

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Disney is launching a new advertising product called Luminate that is offering marketers data-based targeting for ads across Disney’s brands including ABC, ESPN, Freeform and the Disney Channels. Disney said Luminate will contain offerings like linear optimization, digital audience guarantees, digital private marketplace (programmatic), attribution studies to quantify advertiser return on investment and ESPN’s LiveConnect lead solution for live sports, which will now be used to explore ways to extend to…

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Discovery CEO says next 100M subscriber VOD service won’t be another ‘scripted and movie player’

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Discovery CEO David Zaslav said his company has a bright future in the OTT and direct-to-consumer market because it isn’t reliant on scripted content and films like so many of the current services available. He said all the offerings in the $10 to $15 range for consumers who don’t want sports or broadcast networks are Netflix, HBO Now, Starz, Showtime and Amazon, which are all movies and scripted content. Zaslav…

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