Tech Roundup

Want to know what Artel Video Systems has planned for IBC2017 attendees this fall? The company plans to showcase an end-to-end hybrid IP- and fiber-based network specifically designed to address customers' growing requirements as they migrate from direct fiber to all IP or hybrid IP/SDI networks.

"Hey Alexa ... wake me up with my favorite radio station!" That's a reality top digital publication Engagdet has brought to the attention of Silicon Valley and the online universe. Are radio broadcasters smart enough to see what they do about the smart phone as the next-gen alarm clock?

The provider of workflow automation, media processing, quality monitoring and test and measurement products for the production and distribution of video, says its Telestream Cloud Stream Monitor and Wirecast streaming solutions have each achieved “SRT Plugged” status by successfully completing interoperability testing at the SRT InterOp Plugfest.

Monroe Electronics and its Digital Alert Systems subsidiary have released "guidance" for Monroe One-Net and Digital Alert Systems' DASDEC users for Wednesday's national periodic test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS).

The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has given its thumbs-up to the Advanced Emergency Alerting (AEA) specification developed by Monroe Electronics as part of the A/331 standard. With the Dec. 6 approval of the A/311 Signaling, Delivery, Synchronization and Error Protection standard, announced Wednesday), AEA is now an official function within the ATSC 3.0 suite of next-generation broadcast transmission standards.

LED video processing products manufacturer Brompton Technology has moved forward with the beta release of its Tessera v3.3 software features, a move designed to optimize the performance of LED panels to further streamline professional workflows.

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.

NVerzion, a Salt Lake City-based maker of digital broadcasting and television station automation tools, is now offering a new time delay server that provides discrete dual channels of Serial-Digital or High-Definition video, with up to 16 embedded audio channels, in one 3 RU rack mount chassis.

Solid State Logic is heading to the 2022 NAB Show, and the spotlight will be on the new SSL Live L650 console and V5.0 software.

PILOT Executive Director John Clark has added three chairs to the cockpit, if you will, for the innovation initiative of the NAB. These new members of PILOT will collaborate with broadcasters to define key areas for development of innovative technologies and services for media companies.

Some 18 months ago, the owner of a Classic Country station obtained a big-signal FM covering both Dayton and Cincinnati. The stations are now simulcasting yet unique -- something accomplished through a popular ENCO product.

The ATSC is progressing towards incorporating Versatile Video Coding into its new digital broadcast standards, aiming to enhance efficiency beyond the existing HEVC technology. The international compression method could facilitate 8K broadcasting capabilities through ATSC 3.0 bandwidth conservation.

The company known as swXtch.io and its cloudSwXtch platform will be featured in three booths (Microsoft, Evertz and TAG Video Systems), where representatives will demonstrate how cloudSwXtch enables enterprise broadcast workflows

In Gotham legal circles, it is considered to be one of the City of New York’s top real estate law firms. Now, it is playing a key role in getting broadcast license agreements at 1 World Trade Center consummated.