Tech Roundup

After 47 years with Nautel, a retirement is coming for Wendell Lonergan. Who is Lonergan's successor? The company made that revelation on Tuesday.

Globally debuting at IBC, groundSwXtch represents an extension of swXtch.io’s virtual overlay network, bringing software-defined multicast capabilities, SDI to IP, network path redundancy (Dash 7X) and more to physical on-prem environments.

Waves Audio, a Knoxville-based developer of professional audio signal processing technologies and plugins, is now shipping Clarix LB: an AI-powered noise reduction plugin for voice. The product is designed to clean ambient noise in real-time broadcast environments.

Telos Alliance plans to demonstrate several key AI-based workflows for its Minnetonka Audio AudioTools Server file-based audio automation platform at the upcoming IBC2025 conference and expo in Amsterdam.

Available through the company’s broader GatesAir Care program, the service provides TV and radio broadcasters with a dedicated team of GatesAir RF experts to monitor transmitter performance, analyze RF conditions, and proactively respond to issues that affect quality of experience and uptime. 

IBC2025, the broadcast media technology industry's second-largest global event behind the annual NAB Show, is scheduled for September 12-15 in Amsterdam. For U.S.-based ENCO, the event is poised to fuel further international interest in its captions and translations products.

There's a new individual responsible for national sales across the Eastern U.S. for Solid State Logic's Broadcast and Live Audio production systems unit. Specifically, he joins SSL's domestic distributor Group One Ltd. as part of expanding its business development and customer relationships — reporting to SVP of USA Sales Rick Naqvi.

TNDV has attracted attention for the unveiling of the media industry’s first ARRI camera truck. It made its inaugural appearance at the ninth biennial Stand Up To Cancer fundraising special, which aired on August 15 across more than 30 media platforms, including the "Big Four" broadcast TV networks.

New York-headquartered cloud networking-focus broadcast technology company swXtch.io has amplified its support for SRT workflows with a new specialized gateway product primarily targeted at the live event market.

The special application, which has just gone to market, enables communication between Inovonics Model 55x modulation monitors and GatesAir’s FMXi 4g HD Radio program importer/exporter to trigger HD Diversity Delay functions for certain FM/HD time alignment scenarios.

“The SXM-10 satellite strengthens the health of our fleet and the infrastructure that provides a critical foundation for our audio entertainment and information services enjoyed by tens of millions of people across North America,” said Bridget Neville, SiriusXM’s Senior Vice President/GM of Signal Distribution Engineering.

The exclusive global provider of Philips Professional Displays and complementary products has adjusted its EMEA sales and global marketing management teams, with two promotions made by the company.

GatesAir has brought to market its latest high-efficiency RF product with the release of a new transmitter infrastructure for its entire range of DAB/DAB+ transmitters. To be introduced at IBC2025 in September, the modernized architecture is designed to improve efficiency percentages by upward of 50%.

ARC Software Inc. has entered into an agreement with Christian FM Media, a provider of programming content for Contemporary Christian formatted stations. This makes ARC the primary affiliate research and management tool for the organization.

IP compliance monitoring and multiviewing specialist Mediaproxy has brought to market a new version of its Monwall multiviewer platform. It includes two new features: Instant Replay for live incident review and the ability to monitor HTML content directly within mosaic outputs.