NAB Show, NAB Show New York and NAB Amplify

Empowering Stories Everywhere

NAB Show

NAB Show drew over 53,000 attendees to Las Vegas in April. The ever-evolving broadcast, media and entertainment industry combined with a new West Hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center represented an opportunity to reimagine the organization of the show floor. Four carefully curated collections were introduced:

Create – pre-production to post
Connect – distribution and delivery
Capitalize – reach and ROI
Intelligent Content – data, AI and automation

Each area featured destinations exploring the inspiration, innovation and implementation through theater presentations, hand-on demos and networking.

Radio and television broadcasters enjoyed an unparalleled lineup of over 60 customized sessions, events and networking opportunities covering the trends in 5G, in-vehicle infotainment, fan engagement strategies, reaching new audiences, use of AI, leveraging data and analytics to inform business decisions, and more.

Highlights included NAB President and CEO Curtis LeGeyt delivering his first state of the industry address, dedicated programming in the Broadcast Engineering and IT Conference, the NAB Diversity Symposium, the Focus on Leadership Speaker Series and the Small and Medium Market Radio Forum. More than 900 companies exhibited on the show floor including key destinations: ATSC 3.0 Pavilion, Futures Park, IP Showcase and NextGen Now.

Awards
- Broadcasting Hall of Fame inductees
  - Radio: Jim Bohannon, host of Westwood One's nationally syndicated radio talk show, "The Jim Bohannon Show"
  - Television: "The Price is Right," iconic game show
- Distinguished Service Award honoree – Former NAB President and CEO Gordon H. Smith
- Digital Leadership Award – Jeremy Sinon, vice president of Digital Strategy for Hubbard Radio
- Radio Engineering Achievement Award – Ashruf El-Dinary, senior vice president, Digital Platforms, Xperi Corporation
- Television Engineering Achievement Award – Peter Sockett, director, Engineering and Operations, Capitol Broadcasting Company's television stations
- Crystal Radio Awards
- Product of the Year Awards
- Library of American Broadcasting first annual Insight Award – LeVar Burton, actor, director and educator

Featured Speakers

Cody Rigsby, social media star and fitness instructor
Byron Allen, media entrepreneur
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel
Fireside chat with award-winning journalist and host of "Banfield" on NewsNation Ashleigh Banfield and "NBC Nightly News" anchor and managing editor Lester Holt
Stephen J. Dubner and Dr. Steven Levitt, co-authors of "Freakonomics"
Jim Gaffigan, comedian

NAB Show Fast Facts:

53,562 total registrants
30% of registrations representing 140+ countries outside the U.S.
940 exhibiting companies
861 members of the press

The 2023 NAB Show, April 15-19, will celebrate the event's centennial.

NAB Show New York

NAB Show New York welcomed nearly 9,600 attendees to the Javits Center in October for the first time since 2019. The event focused on tactical and actionable insights, updates and skills professionals need now to navigate the fast-changing broadcast, media and entertainment industry.

The show floor featured 240 leading tech suppliers showcasing the latest solutions from content creation and advertising/media sales to AI/metadata and the Metaverse, and everything in between. Highlights included:

The all-new Cine Live Lab, presented in partnership with AbelCine: this unique, hands-on area featured demonstrations on specific cine live topics, leveraging a fully-loaded Sony VENICE 2 and FR7. Sessions covered lensing and focus, camera set up and gear, bridging the skills gap between live broadcast and cinema, communication in live production, motion, movement and more.
Tech Chat Stage: an all-new intimate stage spotlighting brands and successful execution stories to give attendees quick, focused and impactful information on how their innovations address their challenges.
Networking activities included post-session Q-and-A with speakers and focused on sharing and collaboration to maximize productivity and efficiencies.
Partnership with the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Convention: through this integrated experience, attendees had access to not only the NAB Show New York show floor, but also the AES exhibits, demonstration rooms, the Academy Stage with special guests and workshops, special pavilions and theaters, and more.

Conference programs and sessions spanned all aspects of the industry, from the opening keynote from award-winning film producer Evan Shapiro to Web3's impact on the business of media, the metaverse and immersive visual effects influencing AR and VR production techniques to emerging and developing revenue streams at the TV2025 conference to the business trends and technologies impacting radio's future and cybersecurity issues.

Two all-new radio conferences were designed as part of the ultimate radio experience for NAB members.

The "Radio Insights | Executive Seminar" kicked off at the Javits Center with educational programming followed by an in-depth lineup that took place at the offices of Bloomberg, the lead sponsor.
The "Radio Reimagined" conference was designed for radio programmers, managers and operators. Educational content focused on strategies to help attendees grow their audiences and station revenue and featured an all-star group of radio programmers and leading experts.

Industry legends were also recognized and celebrated during the week:

The 2022 NAB Show New York Impact Award was presented to Elvis Duran and Scott Shannon.
The Marconi Radio Awards, which honored local stations and individuals for their excellence and performance in radio, were presented at NAB Show New York for the first time.
Ryan Seacrest was honored during the Marconi Awards with the NAB Distinguished Service Award and Fred and Paul Jacobs with the National Radio Award.

NAB Show New York returns to the Javits Center October 24-26, 2023.

NAB Show New York Fast Facts:

9,500+ media and entertainment professionals
238 exhibiting companies, including 32 new exhibitors
150 members of the press

NAB Amplify

Launched in early 2021, NAB Amplify is NAB Show’s digital hub, allowing broadcast, media and entertainment professionals to cut through the static and get straight to what matters most to them. It’s how the community stays connected between in-person events and it’s a source for year-round insights and global perspective across the entire content ecosystem.

Among the significant milestones and achievements reached in 2022:

776,975 total page views
1200+ articles published to date
12,300+ accounts to date
More than 700 new subscribers to the twice weekly newsletter The Angle
Launched the twice monthly Special Report newsletter in September

NAB Show highlights:

Produced the “Hey, Sam” Q-and-A series, in which NAB CTO Sam Matheny tackles the hottest topics and technologies impacting M&E in 2022.
“NAB Show Amplified: Five Minutes with...” was a curated interview series highlighting some of the best innovations at NAB Show in an easy-to-consume, short-format video or written article.
NAB Amplify Studio at NAB Show was all the buzz on-site, with top trending topics covered by panel interviews and thought-leader conversations.

NAB Show New York highlights:

Launched the “AMP’d About” interview series with keynote Evan Shapiro and NAB Amplify host Emily M. Reigart.
Produced 30+ “5-Minutes with Partner Interviews” before, during and after.
NAB Amplify editors moderated sessions at the Tech Chat Theater.

Other events on NAB Amplify:

"The Best of NAB Show Amplified" was the first paid content offered on the platform. Five packages were assembled by topic and each collection contains five highly informative, curated sessions to purchase and watch on VOD.
“Web3 Amplified” interview series with Lori Schwartz and members of NAB Show’s Web3 Council.
“AMP’d About...Power Women Summit” to include VOD content and a live stream event.

Empowering Stories Everywhere

NAB Show

NAB Show New York

NAB Amplify