With less than three weeks until NAB 2022 returns to the Las Vegas Convention Center, press releases are piling up in the Faultline inbox. There is the usual blending of old with new that constitutes the blood of this much-missed staple on the broadcast events calendar, as some spotlights shine on SDI to IP conversion, and others more intensely on 8K. A more left-field pre-show announcement to catch our eye is the formation of a dedicated NAB National Advisory Council for Web 3.0. It signals the National Association of Broadcasters embracing the future, preparing for a world where blockchain and artificial intelligence become an inherent part of IP-based infrastructure, as the internet itself becomes an inherent part of broadcast. Web…