Media Coverage Guide: Broadcast
Your Guide to Covering Broadcast
The 2026 NAB Show highlights strategies to navigate broadcast industry challenges, optimizing revenue and leveraging emerging technologies to keep content relevant and engaging in an ever-evolving media landscape. Below are highlights and must-see features of NAB Show that showcase the broadcasting industry.

Featured Broadcast Sessions
Saturday, April 18
NAB Broadcast Engineering and IT Conference Opening
April 18, 9:30 a.m. | N252/N254
- John Clark — Chief Innovation Officer and SVP of Emerging Technology — NAB
- Sun Sachs — Senior Vice President, Digital Products — Townsquare Media
- Poppy Crum — Managing Director, Adjunct Professor — Giant Step Capital, Stanford University
- Samina Husain — President — IEEE Broadcast Technology Society
- Lynn Claudy — Senior Vice President of Technology — National Association of Broadcasters
- Curtis LeGeyt — President and CEO — National Association of Broadcasters
Sunday, April 19
Modern & Modular: Content in Television’s Next Age
April 19, 10:45 a.m. | W214-W215
- Jay Holzer — Head of Programming — Tastemade
- Stephen Brown — EVP of Programming and Development — Fox First Run and Fox Television Stations
- Erik Schrader — VP/GM — WANF & WPCH
- Phil Petitpont — CEO and Co-Founder — Moments Lab
Keynote – The Fandom Flywheel: Building Scalable Media Ecosystems In The Bravoverse
April 19, 11:30 a.m. | W214-W215
- Siumy Keys — VP, Brand Partnerships — NBCUniversal Advertising & Partnerships
- Dave Kaplan — Executive Vice President, Content Analytics — NBCUniversal Media Group
Broadcasting Beyond Earth: Building the Moon-to-Mars Streaming Tech Stack
April 19, 11:30 a.m. | N261
- Rebecca Sirmons — GM of NASA+ — NASA
- Lee Erickson — Enterprise Video Services Lead — AEGIS, NASA
- Kevin Coggins — Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Communications and Navigation — NASA
AI and Content’s Next Generation
April 19, 1 p.m. | W214-W215
- Steve Ascher — EVP — A+E Factual Studios
- Gabby Redfern — Group Director Content Services — Sky
- Dana Neves — Senior Operating Officer — Gray Media
- Samira Panah Bakhtiar — General Manager, Media & Entertainment, Games, and Sports — AWS
- Brian McNeill — Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer — Genna
Multiplatform Strategies For Building Communities
April 19, 2 p.m. | W214-W215
- Jeff Hasler — President — Original Productions, a Fremantle company
- Jeremy Berg — VP Multiplatform Video — NBCUniversal Local
- Sherry Pitkofsky — SVP of Marketing — The E.W. Scripps Company
Maximizing the Sandbox Power of FAST
April 19, 3 p.m. | W214-W215
- Joe Ochoa — Co-Founder and GM — Creator Television
- Tom Dodson — VP Platform Operations — Roku
- Marian Pittman — President — Cox Media Group Content and WSB-TV
- Andrea Downing — President — PBS Distribution
April 19, 4:15 p.m. | W214-W215
- Lee Zurik — SVP Strategy and Innovation, — Gray Media
- Marc Lefebvre — Senior Director of Operations — CBC News
- Mike Dello Stritto — VP and News Director — CBS LA
- Barbara Maushard — SVP and Chief Content Officer, News — Hearst Television
- Régis Andre — VP of Software Engineering & Innovation — Grass Valley
- Ron Stitt — President & GM — Stringr
Monday, April 20
The First Amendment and Press Freedom in Today’s Media Landscape
April 20, 11:30 a.m. | N254
- Clay Calvert — Nonresident Senior Fellow — American Enterprise Institute
- Robert Corn-Revere — Chief Counsel — Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
- Casey Mattox — Vice President, Legal Strategy — Stand Together
- Joe Flint — Staff Reporter — The Wall Street Journal
April 20, 11:30 a.m. | N261
- Steve Macleod — Product Marketing Director — Dataminr
- Steve Shultis — CTO — New York Public Radio
- Chris Lapp — Senior Specialist Solutions Engineer — Cisco
- James Leach — Director of Product Management, Modular Compute — Cisco
- Caroline Coleman — Sr. Manager, Product Marketing — Verkada
- Blake Paris — Senior Vice President of Safety and Experience — Smith Entertainment Group
- Chelsea Ryan — Executive Director, Environment, Health & Safety — FOX
NextGen TV and TV 3.0: A Global Conversation on the Future of Broadcasting
April 20, 1 p.m. | N254
- Olivia Trusty — Commissioner — Federal Communications Commission
- Anil Bhardwaj — Consultant to ATSC on India — ATSC The Broadcast Standards Association
- Mark Corl — Senior VP, Advanced Technology Development — Triveni Digital
- Young-Woo Suh — Executive Director — KBS
- Frederico de Siqueira Filho — Minister of Communications — Brazil
- Madeleine Noland — President — ATSC
- Raymundo Barros — Chief Technology Officer — Globo
- Octavio Pieranti — Commissioner — National Telecommunications Agency – Anatel
- Wilson Diniz Wellisch — Secretary of Broadcasting Services — Ministry of Communications
- Rick Kaplan — Chief Legal Officer and EVP, Legal and Regulatory Affairs — National Association of Broadcasters
April 20, 3 p.m. | N254
- Charlie Beller — (Acting) Deputy Assistant Attorney General — U.S. Department of Justice
- Erin Boone — Senior Counsel and Media Bureau Chief — Federal Communications Commission
- Alexander Sanjenis — Deputy Bureau Chief — Federal Communications Commission
Notable Speakers

Steve Ascher
EVP
A+E Factual Studios
SpeakerVIEW BIO
Samira Panah Bakhtiar
General Manager, Media & Entertainment, Games, and Sports
AWS
SpeakerVIEW BIO
Raymundo Barros
Chief Technology Officer
Globo
SpeakerVIEW BIO
Erin Boone
Senior Counsel and Media Bureau Chief
Federal Communications Commission
SpeakerVIEW BIO
David Brown
Division Chief, Video Division
Federal Communications Commission
SpeakerVIEW BIO
Kevin Coggins
Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Communications and Navigation
NASA
SpeakerVIEW BIO
Andrea Downing
President
PBS Distribution
SpeakerVIEW BIO
Lee Erickson
Enterprise Video Services Lead
AEGIS, NASA
ModeratorVIEW BIO
Frederico de Siqueira Filho
Minister of Communications
Brazil
SpeakerVIEW BIO
Joe Flint
Staff Reporter
The Wall Street Journal
SpeakerVIEW BIO
Dave Kaplan
Executive Vice President, Content Analytics
NBCUniversal Media Group
SpeakerVIEW BIO
Barbara Maushard
SVP and Chief Content Officer, News
Hearst Television
SpeakerVIEW BIO
Dana Neves
Senior Operating Officer
Gray Media
SpeakerVIEW BIO
Madeleine Noland
President
ATSC
SpeakerVIEW BIOOctavio Pieranti
Commissioner
National Telecommunications Agency – Anatel
SpeakerVIEW BIO
Marian Pittman
President
Cox Media Group Content and WSB-TV
SpeakerVIEW BIO
Perry Sook
Chairman and CEO
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
SpeakerVIEW BIO
Olivia Trusty
Commissioner
Federal Communications Commission
SpeakerVIEW BIO
Wilson Diniz Wellisch
Secretary of Broadcasting Services
Ministry of Communications
SpeakerVIEW BIONotable Exhibitors

