Tech Roundup

Broadcast infrastructure specialist RFS has launched a new portfolio of equipment to allow broadcasters to build the NEXTGEN TV networks necessary to deliver customizable over-the-air services to compete with OTT offerings.

With GatesAir's Virtual Events platform, the company is making up for the loss of a 2020 NAB Show expo booth with an all-digital booth designed to let it feature new product updates, topical presentations, round tables with special guests, and even "virtual booth meetings." GatesAir is now in Week 5, and here's what can be expected from upcoming webinars.

To help news media continue to deliver high-quality video programming as they broadcast from home or outside a traditional studio, Arti is offering a free package of COVID-19 augmented reality graphics that can be easily integrated into video content using its own platform.

Entercom's Radio.com audio streaming platform is now accessible via one's television -- assuming they are Xfinity customers with cable services delivered by Comcast. Thanks to a new deal, all radio stations on the app can be accessed, with voice recognition also in place.

Coupled with a live streaming platform, the tool provides an opportunity for a station to run a "virtual remote" -- guests can be included on a stream, while live contesting can also be had.

The week of April 20 was originally one that saw thousands of media industry professionals attend the 2020 NAB Show in Las Vegas. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was cancelled. That didn't stop GatesAir from coming up with a plan to share product updates and topical presentations to those that would have been in Southern Nevada.

In these uncertain times, simultaneous broadcast TV and optional streamed video is a hot commodity for over-the-air stations that have quickly adapted to a physically distant work environment. As such, an "all-in-one" multimedia tool from IntelliWeather may be of particular interest.

Here's another example of how tech companies that serve the broadcast community are turning to virtual product introductions in lieu of a 2020 NAB Show expo booth. Logitek has scheduled a Webinar to be held Friday, May 22. Here are all of the details.

Online video tech firm Bitmovin is now offering support of Dolby Vision, the high dynamic range (HDR) 4K video format. Bitmovin will license and implement Dolby’s technology into its transcoding solution to enhance the 4K viewing experience via streaming. 

Add Sonos' just-launched no-cost, ad-supported streaming radio service to the platforms where Entercom-owned Radio.com streaming audio offerings can be accessed. The audio broadcasting company led by President/CEO David Field has expanded its relationship with Sonos. 

Global media services company Red Bee has recommitted to its relationship in the U.S. and Canada with TitanTV, which offers free-to-view local TV guides based on one's postal code and, if applicable, their MVPD service.

During these challenging times, Digigram adjusted its operations while following government directives at its headquarters in France. The company’s first steps were to safeguard its employees’ health while ensuring the continuity of the company. It then moved forward with an accelerated release of what it is marketing as "a smart and equipment-free solution" for home broadcasting.

"These past few months and weeks have been like nothing anyone alive today has ever experienced." With that, Inovonics President/CEO Ben Barber penned an open letter to the broadcasting industry to provide an update on how the Felton, Calif., based tech company has been impacted by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Here's what he says.

Looking for a software-as-a-service license for M&C tool KYBIO, offered to radio and TV stations by CONNECT? It can now be had for 90 days at no charge.

The Florida company considered to be a top provider of Volicon-replacement systems for broadcast, TV and cable has just selected someone to lead sales activities and manage select strategic accounts in the Southeastern U.S.