Tech Roundup

It exhibited in the snazzy new West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center at the 2022 NAB Show. And, this gave Electronics Research, Inc. the opportunity to share in-person the latest news about three new hybrid couplers for high-band VHF television applications.

Eurofins Digital Testing (EDT), in partnership with the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), has released the NEXTGEN TV logo certification test suite v 2022-1.0. It's being described as "the first major release for the new model year applicable to ATSC 3.0 compliant receivers from July 1, 2022."

One company is gearing up for IBC 2022 by preparing to show off the latest workflow advancements to its large-scale broadcast production platform, marketed as "System T." The Solid Stage Logic offering is designed for on-premises and remote audio production for news, sports and live production.

The division of Comcast Cable that provides media and entertainment technology to content providers, operators, and advertisers says its Cloud Video Platform is being deployed as the new unified back-end platform by WRC Promoter GmbH to support four off-road races with a global fan following.

NAB Show New York is returning to the Javits Convention Center this week, and Thomson-owned GatesAir says it is looking forward to being there to continue celebrating its centennial. "We are excited to show you some of our newest and most innovative broadcast transmitters and STL codec solutions," the company says.

In 2021, GatesAir unveiled its Maxiva PMTX-1 outdoor transmitter series for UHF broadcasters, bringing a self-contained, fully weatherproof transmitter series to market. Now, the Thomson Broadcast subsidiary is widening its product line by introducing a VHF TV and DAB Radio offering.

A Class A noncommercial FM serving Grand Rapids recently encountered severe damage to their transmitter site, as powerful storms battered Western Michigan. “One of the 1kW transmitters that we use for our station in downtown Grand Rapids went down,” said Klay Woodworth, Director of Broadcasting for Blue Lake Public Radio. Helping them return to the air: Broadcast Electronics.

A full-service broadcast technical firm based in Pelham, Ala., has elevated from within to fill the role of Director of Sales. At the same time, it is welcoming to the company a new Sales Manager for wireless and connectivity products and Matt LeFevre as Maintenance Technician.

DigiCAP has adapted a form of rebroadcasting technology to create a ATSC 3.0 translator to help rebroadcast ATSC3.0 television signals to rural areas. It has partnered with Heartland Video Systems to deliver their ATSC 3.0 translators to U.S. broadcasters.

USSI Global, the provider of customized network, broadcast and digital signage systems and services worldwide, has expanded its Melbourne, Fla. campus with a fourth building. With the new space, which opened on March 1, the company has effectively tripled its square footage in Florida's Space Coast in the last decade.

Radio technology company Broadcast Radio Ltd. is heralding the full release of its next generation radio software, Myriad 6 Playout, and its native cloud radio platform, Myriad Cloud.

Captioning specialist and digital audio and program automation specialist ENCO is welcoming a experienced sales and business development professional to its growing global team who will focus on building the Novi, Michigan-based company's presence in the Europe, the Middle East and Africa region, as well as the North American broadcast and ProAV markets.

On-Hertz and RCS have announced a collaborative venture, debuting their Go Live Studio solution at the IBC trade show in Amsterdam. This partnership combines RCS's radio automation with On-Hertz's audio processing and mixing software.

Founded in 2008, it offers uncompressed broadcast quality commercial and production music tracks, with music metadata, licensed for business use by broadcasters. It is now partnering with an AI-powered radio services firm with a product integration agreement signed, sealed and delivered.

A broadcast industry firm known for tools used by internal testing teams and globally by customers (typically TV STB manufacturers and/or TV platform operators) to meet broadcast industry device conformance requirements is welcoming a new executive chairman.