PMVG To Present Public Media Technology Summit In April 2023

The Public Media Venture Group (PMVG) will present a technology-focused Summit on April 13-14, 2023, immediately preceding the 2023 NAB Show Centennial in Las Vegas. Following the success of the 2022 PMVG-Google Public TV NextGen Summit, the Public Media Technology Summit will include sessions on RF, IT and general technology practice and management — particularly as they intersect with ATSC 3.0/NextGen TV, IP-based facilities, cloud-based production, and the related business and service opportunities that support public media’s unique mission.

For the first time, and with the enthusiastic support of its membership, PMVG is extending registration to the full public media system, including broadcast technicians, engineers, IT professionals and innovation staff, as well as technology, business and legal consultants, vendors, and the organizations that support them. The agenda will be designed to complement other sessions at and around the NAB Show Conference. Details on Summit sessions, location, and registration will be released next year.

The two-day program is being developed by Skip Pizzi, PMVG senior adviser. With topics including the NextGen TV transition, facility conversion to IP, media production in the cloud, and much more, the Public Media Technology Summit says it will offer “new approaches to station operations and non-traditional broadcast perspectives.”

Pizzi said: “I’m excited by the opportunity to provide technical and technology-management education specifically tuned to the unique role that public media plays in the U.S. broadcast ecosystem. The industry’s annual Las Vegas convening offers the perfect venue for this event, as emerging services and media disruption are in prime focus for all who attend.”

PMVG is a nonprofit business development consortium of 25 leading public media organizations committed to furthering the mission and financial vitality of public media by developing and implementing a range of new service opportunities focused on the local communities these public media organizations serve. PMVG’s sole focus is leveraging NextGen TV and developing scalable use cases to help sustain public broadcasting’s vital services over the long-term. PMVG media organizations own and operate more than 100 public stations that collectively reach nearly 250 million people. PMVG is led by Marc Hand and a national board of PMVG station managers.