On May 25 (Day One) and 27 (Day Two), the AWARN Alliance will host a virtual Summit that, for the first time, will bring together broadcast television and other media industry leaders with the nation’s largest alerting authorities. Unique Opportunity Recent...
Organization’s Updated Vision and Mission Support Voluntary Solutions for Adopting Advanced Emergency Alerting and Informing Powered by NEXTGEN TV WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2021 – The AWARN Alliance has elected its 2021 Steering Committee, the organization’s governing body...
WASHINGTON—NextGen TV, the evolution of broadcast TV powered by the ATSC 3.0 standard, will have wide-ranging impacts on how TV is delivered and viewed by consumers, but according to John Lawson, executive director of the AWARN Alliance, perhaps no broadcast element...
You can now view the full webinar recording, slide deck and panelist bios. You can also access Madeleine Noland’s ATSC 3.0 explainer (12 minutes), and our panel recording (48 minutes) from the webinar. Please contact our Communications Director Anya Shetler at...
By: Cora Leighter Local TV news will become a real-time emergency information portal with the new broadcast technology being deployed in cities across the nation. ATSC 3.0—also referred to as “NextGen”—can automatically target the impact zone of an incident with...
Reprinted from TVTechnology.com Phil Kurz Trial will be organized in four two-week blocks to test various aspects of the technology WASHINGTON—Two local television stations in the nation’s capital will conduct an eight week trial of ATSC 3.0’s advanced emergency...
Current and Future Strategies for Sustaining Public Media Education Services Tuesday, May 12 | 3-4:30pm ET The COVID-19 Pandemic creates the need – and opportunity – for public media to play a role in education like never before. This webinar will focus on strategies...
ON-DEMAND WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 The current COVID-19 pandemic starkly illuminates the interconnectedness of all nations regarding the health and safety of their citizens and visitors. Through support from NAB PILOT, the AWARN Alliance conducted an exploratory study of the...
Check out our AWARN™ Alliance listing in the ATSC 3.0 Spring Progress Report for NAB Show Express. We are honored to be included in both the Outreach and Public/Community Service sections, and thank John Taylor of LG Electronics for continuing support.
I want to wish everyone best wishes for getting through the pandemic. My sons came home from college for spring break – and won’t be going back to campus until late August. My wife is running her trade association from the dining room, and I’m leading the AWARN...
