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Q3 Program
SEPTEMBER 22, 2026
subject to change
12pm ET/9am PT
ATSC 3.0 & Advanced Alerting Updates
Dave Arland (AWARN) and Madeleine Noland (ATSC) will provide an update on developments in ATSC 3.0 and advanced alerting, including current AWARN and emergency alerting priorities, the international transition to ATSC 3.0, and ATSC's deployment of B2X (broadcasting to mobile devices). The session will also address questions and issues currently before the FCC.
3pm ET/12pm PT
New Developments from EdgeBeam Wireless
Conrad Clemson and Joe Fabiano of EdgeBeam Wireless will give station leaders an inside look at the company’s development of its Hybrid ATSC3/Cellular Network, initially targeting verticals like eGPS and Digital Signage. This will include the technology behind the platform and the business and revenue opportunities it could create for broadcasters.
SPEAKERS
Dave Arland
President, Arland Communications
Dave Arland wears many hats in the broadcasting industry, serving as Executive Director of the AWARN Alliance, the Indiana Broadcasters Association, and Indiana’s Public Broadcasting Stations. His firm also provides communications counsel to ATSC, to the Pearl TV broadcasting group, and to the ATSC 3.0 Security Authority. A former radio news broadcaster, Arland spent 16 years at Thomson/RCA — including during the transition from analog to digital TV. He is a 1985 Radio/TV graduate of Butler University in Indianapolis and is the President-Elect of the National Alliance of State Broadcasters Associations.
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Conrad Clemson
Chief Executive Officer, EdgeBeam Wireless
Conrad Clemson is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of EdgeBeam Wireless, where he leads the transformation of U.S. broadcast infrastructure into a scalable distribution layer for enterprise and mission-critical data. He specializes in broadcast-to-internet-protocol (IP) network transformation, hybrid broadcast-broadband architectures, and service provider video and software platforms. Previously, he was CEO of EditShare, where he rebuilt the leadership team, modernized operations, drove 30% revenue growth, and led the acquisition of Shift Media. Earlier, he held executive roles at Cisco overseeing strategy, technology, and global operations across the service provider portfolio. Conrad also founded BNI Video (Beaumaris Networks), later acquired by Cisco, and has held senior leadership roles at Motorola, Lucent, Ascend, Broadbus, and Stratus. He is known for disciplined execution, portfolio realignment, and building resilient, high-performance infrastructure organizations.
Vinnie Curren
Senior Advisor, PMVG
Vinnie Curren is the principal of Breakthrough Public Media Consulting. Breakthrough helps public media companies navigate today’s dynamic and competitive media world. Breakthrough’s primary client for the past few years has been the Public Media Venture Group. In that role, Curren works with PMVG members to plan their transition to NextGen TV and develop business and service models that leverage the expanded capabilities of the new technology. Prior to forming Breakthrough Public Media Consulting, Curren served as Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a position that he held for nearly a decade. Curren had overall responsibility for managing CPB’s policy, grant-making and station support activities, with the objective of ensuring that all Americans receive robust public media services for free and commercial-free. Prior to being named COO, Curren was CPB’s Senior Vice President for Radio.
Curren has been a major market station general manager (WXPN, Philadelphia). He is a member of the Advisory Board of the James H. and Mary B. Quello Center at Michigan State University and has served on the boards of the Development Exchange (now Greater Public) and the Station Resource Group, which he chaired for several years. Curren has received several awards including Public Radio International’s award for innovation and leadership. He holds a BA from SUNY Buffalo (Psychology) and an MS from the University of Pennsylvania (Organizational Dynamics). In his spare time, Curren is an avid motorcycle rider and shade-tree mechanic, and has toured parts of Spain, Mexico, and the U.S. on two wheels.
Joe Fabiano
Chief Technology Officer, EdgeBeam Wireless
Joe Fabiano is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at EdgeBeam Wireless, where he leads engineering strategy for broadcast-enabled data, location, and Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0–based distribution systems. He specializes in object-based content delivery network (CDN) architecture, multicast IP delivery, semiconductor innovation, and Broadcast-to-Anything (B2X) standards development. With more than two decades in digital video, content delivery, and cloud infrastructure, Joe has helped shape multiple industry transitions. He co-founded Pathfire, architecting one of the first broadcast CDNs, earning Technology Emmy and National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) awards, and later founded StarNet Development, introducing the first personal computer (PC)-based MPEG-2 encoder/decoder platform. He previously led AdCore Local and held leadership roles at Coherent Logix, driving commercialization of system-on-chip platforms. Joe is recognized for advancing resilient, synchronized broadcast-powered data systems that integrate with 5G and emerging network architectures.
Marc Hand
CEO and Founder, PMVG
Marc Hand is the CEO and founder of PMVG, a consortium of thirty-two leading public media entities operating more than 140 stations and reaching over 250 million people. Through PMVG, he focuses on building collaborative models, partnerships, and infrastructure to support the long-term sustainability of public media organizations.
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He is also the CEO of Media Management Company LLC, the ownership group behind Public Media Management (PMM), which provides cloud-based content distribution and master control solutions for public television stations. In addition, Marc co-founded and served as Board Chair for the National Trust for Local News, the largest nonprofit owner of local newspapers in the United States.
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Previously, Marc was the co-founder and CEO of Public Media Company (PMC), alongside Susan Harmon. Earlier in his career, he worked with the Station Resource Group and co-founded Public Radio Capital, where he and Susan Harmon served as co-CEOs when it became an independent entity in 2001.
Madeleine Noland
President, ATSC
Madeleine Noland is the President of ATSC, the Broadcast Standards Association. A 20-year industry veteran who is widely respected for her consensus-building leadership style, she chaired the technology group that oversees the ATSC 3.0 next-generation broadcast standard before being named ATSC President in May 2019. Previously, she chaired various ATSC 3.0-related specialist groups, ad hoc groups and implementation teams since 2012.
Noland began her career in the television industry in 2004 with Backchannelmedia Inc., an interactive television technology developer. It was during her work there that she first became involved in ATSC projects. In 2012, she moved on to product and project management roles at Telvue Corp. before joining LG Electronics CTO’s office in 2013. Noland represented LG in a variety of industry organizations for over six years. Most recently, Madeleine was awarded the prestigious 2022 David Sarnoff Medal by the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE) in a ceremony held in Hollywood, California. She has also received TV NewsCheck’s “2019 Futurist” Women in Technology Award and was named one of 2018’s “Powerful Women in Consumer Technology” by Dealerscope magazine. In 2016, while the Chair of TG-3, she received the ATSC’s highest technical honor, the Bernard J. Lechner Outstanding Contributor Award recognizing her leadership related to the development of ATSC 3.0 Next Gen TV.
Credited on three U.S. patents for television technology, Noland is a member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – Broadcast Technology Society. Noland graduated cum laude from the University of Massachusetts. She enjoys travel, and she plays keyboards in a band called “Brave Pursuit.”
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