Tech Roundup

From the content that's being consumed to the emergence of new distribution outlets and emerging gadgetry, the traditional pattern of media usage and radio listening are changing— in some cases, rapidly. That's the key takeaway from Jacobs Media's Techsurvey13 — "Navigating The Digital Landscape."

Clip Interactive, a company focused on bringing interactive digital opportunities to consumers of AM and FM radio stations, has entered into a partnership with Radio One and its syndicated programming arm, Reach Media.

A new service platform that's an "audience extension solution" designed to assist media companies in selling digital and traditional media more efficiently in an increasingly complex digital marketplace has arrived just in time for the 2017 NAB Show.

An on-air test is now underway of new digital broadcasting technology that will help broadcasters tailor content to viewers and better measure audience activity.

CBS News won't have to worry about finding a new video management partner or licensing rep for its vast archive of video footage for the next two years.

A broad-based modernization initiative for Cumulus Media’s RF facilities network-wide has resulted in the finalization of a "significant contract" with GatesAir. The newly codified arrangement calls for close to 70 GatesAir Flexiva AM and FM radio transmitters rolling out in multiple markets in the coming months.

A provider of innovative workflow and media asset management solutions will launch a new disaster recovery (DR) solution for playout environments at the upcoming 2017 NAB Show.

To ensure that the spectrum repack process goes smoothly for its customers, American Tower wanted its own inventory of broadband antennas on hand for its broadcast tower tenants. That's why it just placed a nearly $5 million order with Dielectric.

The quintessential tabletop radio has been propelled into the age of not just the smartphone, but also the smart home. However, consumers may wish to wait until later in 2017. That's when Tivoli Audio will be integrating Amazon's Alexa voice assistant.

MediAnswers, known for its development of products and processes for individuals on the "sell side" of the broadcast media business, has just expanded its expertise on the "buy side" of the media business by hiring a new VP/Agency Solutions.

If you're a David Bowie fan, you're going to love the name of the newest broadcast watermark analyzer and monitor on the market, courtesy of The Telos Alliance. The company leading the charge into an ATSC 3.0 world has just launched the 25-Seven TVC-15, being marketed as "a modulation monitor for watermarking."

Joseph Electronics will be putting its Tote Caddie series of portable fiber-optic signal-acquisition systems for ENG, SNG, and other outside broadcast (OB) applications front and center at the 2017 NAB Show.

ENCO is again expanding its enCloud suite, and the tech firm says 2017 NAB Show attendees will have access to its WebDAD, "an even richer and fully virtualized toolset to remotely access and control the studio-based ENCO DAD radio automation systems."

As broadcasters continue to migrate to all-software environments and standard off-the-shelf IT technologies, including virtualized server environments, ChryronHego is ensuring its array of products meets the growing demand of TV industry engineers.

A producer of lighting systems for the TV, photography and the motion picture industries is set to debut a new color-tunable mid-power soft light at NAB 2017.