Tech Roundup

Available on the official RHStv.com website, a free RHStv app for iOS and Android devices, and Connected TV platforms such Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Google Play, and Roku, the FAST (free ad supported television) streaming network empowers local voices through three linear channels and a large roster of shareable VOD programs.

Xperi Corp. has confirmed that the DTS AutoStage, which has won accolades thanks to its spotlight at the NAB Show, will be getting a Euro lens at the upcoming IBC 2024 conference and expo in Amsterdam.

Following a French employee works council consultation process, the parties would immediately execute a purchase agreement. The transaction would be expected to close in the first half of 2026, subject to customary regulatory approvals and closing conditions.

At NAB Show 2025, where Dielectric will be at West Hall Booth 3000, the Sinclair Inc. subsidiary plans to highlight how its recent technology innovations have prepared it for business growth in FM radio — and for the future of NEXTGEN TV as broadcasters inch closer to planning ATSC 3.0 single-frequency networks (SFNs).

With the release of software version 1.1, the product from Koln, Germany-based RTW is abandoning the license-based approach it has used in the time the product has been available to those in broadcasting.

Thomson Broadcast-owned GatesAir has brought to life an enhanced managed services program that is designed to address what the company calls "the urgent need" for skilled RF resources and services in the global broadcast industry.

The company getting notice for its technology that empowers "dynamic visuals" to radio broadcasts has just signed up Cox Media Group as its latest clients. Already, Cox's radio stations are using the Steve Newberry-led company's patented web-based software to publish synched messages on vehicle dashboards.

A few weeks ago, new configurations of ENCO's enCaption 4 automated captioning tool were shared with radio station personnel and decision-makers for the first time. Now, ENCO is ready to share further enhancements that build on enCaption4's capabilities.

Orban Labs, the maker of audio processing systems for AM, FM, DAB+, HD Radio, television and Internet broadcasting, is "reorganizing" sales of its PCn1600 audio processing software. Translation: years of exclusivity have ended for two entities that had exclusive sales licenses. 

ENCO Systems, Benztown, Compass Media Networks, and vCreative have entered into apartnership to bring SPECai, an AI spec ad service, to vCreative’s customers by integrating SPECai into its suite of creative workflow platforms for broadcasters.

A new multi-purpose, hardware agnostic, specialized testing lab is coming to USSI Global's Brevard County, Fla., domestic production facility — one that will demonstrate and verify media transport options, USSI Global announced as the 2025 NAB Show New York began at the Javits Center.

The NAB innovation initiative granted its first media technology and innovation scholarships to nine undergraduate and graduate students, for pursuit of studies related to broadcast engineering, media technology and innovation. The scholarships are administered in partnership with the BEA.

Broadcast audio consortium The Telos Alliance has formally debuted the latest edition of the Axia Quasar AoIP console for U.S. consumers. The unveiling came at the recent Midwest Broadcast & Multimedia Technology Conference (formerly known as Ohio Broadcast & Multimedia Technology Conference) at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

Some 18 months ago, the owner of a Classic Country station obtained a big-signal FM covering both Dayton and Cincinnati. The stations are now simulcasting yet unique -- something accomplished through a popular ENCO product.

It's not revealing the name of the tower company, but Shulins says the purchase means they will increase their deployment of Stellar Eclipse to more than 70 sites across the top 50 markets, protecting over 350 of radio and TV stations.