Tech Roundup

The parent company of NBC and Telemundo is being honored for pioneering the development of StormRanger, or CazaTormentas, a first-of-its-kind mobile X-band weather radar truck for television weather forecasting and reporting.

A company recognized as a maker of advanced video encoding and streaming tools has acquired a provider of H.264 encoding workflow solutions to broadcasters worldwide.

This integration is designed to bring "a lower-cost solution for creating selective, high-quality crawls for EAS alerts on standard- and high-definition (SD and HD) channels."

Comrex has introduced HotSwap, a new feature for their ACCESS and BRIC-Link II IP codecs that adds a long-sought reliability feature: HotSwap now allows users to back up their studio-to-transmitter link (STL) or other dedicated link with a wireless modem.

A company describing itself as "a data-driven media marketing, programming and content intelligence provider" has promoted Eric Cohen to the newly created position of EVP/Finance.

A Salt Lake City-based software provider to the media industry has inked a deal with a broadcast company known for its Christian-themed and conservative News/Talk stations as its newest client.

Stream this, radio and TV C-Suiters: With an estimated 270 million Americans viewing their smartphones about 14 billion times per day, the smartphone continues to reign supreme as consumers' preferred device for online actions, as well as for controlling and monitoring many daily activities—including consumption of your stations.

Interested in the rollout of 5G? This is something you'll want to read. DISH Network has selected Ericsson to deliver a radio access and core network for DISH's Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) network slated for completion in March 2020.

A Vancouver, Wash.-based maker of custom and universal fit in-ear monitors has started shipping a trio of new custom model in-ear monitors for musicians, audiophiles and radio and TV industry professionals.

A legendary News/Talk station serving Chicago by day and multiple states after dark is now producing and coordinating its programming with the Telos Infinity networked IP intercom system.

Users of the iHeartRadio App can now connect to and stream their favorite live stations and music onto their Sonos speakers from within the iHeartRadio app, without having to open the Sonos companion app.

A multichannel video distribution provider (MVPD) headquartered in Kentucky has just deployed the CableOS virtualized cable access solution for new DOCSIS 3.1 broadband services, courtesy of Harmonic.

Here's a combination that might be worth noting: Data management software, custom development solution and implementation expertise is being combined with the graphic design capabilities of a Montréal-based broadcast design firm in an effort to provide "complete data visualization solutions" for broadcast media across North America.

Here's a noteworthy bit of tech news of interest to U.S.-based broadcasters from a London-based operation: It has created what it claims is the world's first software exclusive uncompressed playout deployment -- something of keen interest for those relying on IP delivery of video and audio.

GoTranscript has made the second update of the year to its freelancer-driven transcription service. How so? It's unveiled a set of major updates to its iOS app for iPhone and iPad. These updates include improved recording quality that can the company claims can rival Apple’s traditional Voice Memos app.