Tech Roundup

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.

Here comes a console that combines touchscreen control with networking. It's thanks to Houston-based Logitek, which is set to release mixIT consoles in both 6-fader and 12-fader system sizes. They are designed specifically for radio station use.

As of today, there's a newly combined TV analytics tool designed to provide a comprehensive analysis of omnichannel marketing performance while giving advertisers access to "an enriched identity asset for advanced segmentation, audience planning, and multi-touch attribution."

The special program is designed to help broadcasters with 10 or fewer radio stations in a time of need as the industry and their advertising clients face a great deal of business uncertainty during the COVID-19 and economic crises.

Audio over IP tech company Barix will present its latest broadcast products and host individual meetings with broadcasters, audio professionals and systems integrators as part of the company’s “Virtual NAB Booth” — open from April 20-22.

The newest version of the XDS Content Management System "empowers network operators to achieve new performance by leveraging virtualized and cloud environments for their audio distribution operations," the company says.

The digital platform is designed to serve as a beacon for those vendors who will no longer be able to participate in the NAB Show's expo, as the 2020 event in Las Vegas set to begin Saturday has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this exclusive-to-RBR+TVBR commentary, Horowitz Research President Howard Horowitz shares his thoughts on "the age of media disruption" -- and the search of a new synthesis. "For what seems like an eternity, the media world is described as being disrupted, on the verge of disruption," he writes. "There is truth to this characterization."

Nova Scotia-based Nautel has decided to conduct a virtual edition of the company’s NUG@NAB Radio Technology Forum. In lieu of a live event at the now-canceled 2020 NAB Show, the online event will take place April 29.