Tech Roundup

TV content distribution and media solutions firm Vigor Systems Inc. has teamed up with video transcoding and workflow automation company Telestream to bring to market a tech tool that allows public television stations to transition file delivery and media processing to the cloud.

The last round of startups selected to participate at the 2018 NAB Show in Las Vegas has been cemented, giving them a chair at SPROCKIT—the global marketplace that curates, connects and fosters collaboration between top market-ready startups and media, entertainment and technology companies.

What if there was a tool that could help broadcasters in possibly never getting names wrong again in subtitles? A British firm thinks it has the answer, and it will demonstrate its technology at the 2018 NAB Show in Las Vegas from April 8-12. 

In the tech world, an update to an operating system is welcome news. That's likely one reason why Veritone Inc. shares enjoyed a double-digit percentage surge in Thursday's trading on Wall Street.

Broadcast technology equipment and consulting firm Triveni Digital has been selected by Public Media Company as its strategic partner in the development of various services designed to expand the capacity of noncommercial educational TV stations across the U.S. as they embrace the next gen TV standard.

A veteran broadcast industry engineer who many may recall from his 17 1/2 year tenure at the former Nassau Broadcasting has accepted the role of Intraplex Broadcast Sales Manager, Americas for a company widely known for wireless, over-the-air content delivery solutions.

Don't have time to sit and experience the wonders of the next generation broadcast transmission standard known as ATSC 3.0? Grab a seat on a shuttle taking attendees between the Central and South Halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center during the 2018 NAB Show.

GatesAir will demonstrate its over-the-air content delivery solutions for next-generation TV networks at the 2018 NAB Show, including its IP-native Maxiva transmitters and exciters. Additionally, the company has won another repack deal.

WideOrbit has launched WO Cloud Analytics, a new cloud-based business intelligence solution that enables media companies to use traffic, sales and billing data to take action on 'pricing, inventory and financial risk.' 

With the global media and entertainment industries preparing to descend on the Las Vegas Convention Center for the 2018 NAB Show, the Advanced Television Systems Committee confirms that more than 40 exhibitors will be showcasing some type of ATSC 3.0 product or service. This, they say, is an indication of the arrival of the new broadcast standard designed to seamlessly meld over-the-air with over-the-top content.

Electronics Research is launching a new series of liquid cooled RF loads at the 2018 NAB Show in Las Vegas, which begins Monday. ERI will also show a new series of adjustable directional couplers that feature external terminations.

Do you have the need to extend video signals over long distances without loss of quality? Here is a new product to consider just in time for the 2018 NAB Show in Las Vegas, courtesy of IHSE USA. It can be used for simple point-to-point applications or in combination with any of IHSE's enterprise or compact matrix switches.

The Orban iSurround Headphone Monitor is now available, with standard AES I/O and its HD/SDI input option. Other options to be available soon include AES-67 input via Dante AoIP, and balanced analog audio I/O as well as a built-in webserver for remote control and logging (balanced analog audio I/O and HD/SDI input cannot be combined).