Tech Roundup

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).

Seeking a more user-friendly method for monitoring and analyzing the full data payload in your stations' HD Radio broadcasts? A next-gen HD Radio Data Monitor being unveiled at the 2018 NAB Show may be what you're looking for.

When it came time for Cox Media Group to decide on an analyzer to put into use for its ATSC 1.0 and ATSC 3.0 broadcast TV standards and channel-sharing arrangements, now that the repack process is underway, it went with a product from Triveni Digital.

Is there a "futureproof" solution for broadcasters across the U.S. faced with a potential spectrum repack headache? Broadcast infrastructure company Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) believes it has a tool that will lead many TV station owners to say "no."

What GatesAir is calling "the industry’s first HD Radio Importer/Exporter solution" will get its formal introduction at the 2018 NAB Show in Las Vegas on April 9. The move is part of GatesAir's efforts to bring new innovations to its HD Radio product portfolio, and its fourth-generation Flexiva Importer/Exporter seeks to become a top solution for providing dynamic time and audio correction.

At a time when the broadcast and professional A/V industries are migrating to an IP-based infrastructure, ENCO has decided to join the pack. The company's enCaption4 automated captioning platform is now integrated with the global NDI community, allowing users to have the option of using closed or open captions on live video.

With the 2018 NAB Show set to open in Las Vegas on April 9, Maine-based antenna and RF systems manufacturer Dielectric is confident that it has the goods to work with stations impacted by the FCC's post-spectrum auction repack process. In fact, the company has issued initial technical proposals to 917 of the 987 repack-affected stations, many of those stations receiving auxiliary as well as main antenna proposals.

A pioneering broadcast engineer and digital TV innovator known for stints at such companies as Tektronix and the Advanced Television Test Center (ATTC), which closed in September 2003, has passed away. He was 88 years old and living in the Washington, D.C. area.

DTS has successfully completed RadioDNS compliance testing. This means that the Xperi-owned DTS Connected Radio platform "will enable an engaging in-car radio experience for drivers around the world," the company says.