Tech Roundup

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.

The enterprise-class SaaS technology company that happens to be a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Digital has just named its new SVP the Head of this entity. Taking the dual roles at LAKANA LLC is Karen Brophy.

A company known for file-based media workflow orchestration, media streaming and delivery technologies is using the 2018 NAB Show to debut a "one-box solution" for closed caption encoding to multiple live streams.

Automated broadcast and production workflow firm ENCO has partnered with Broadcast Pix, known for its integrated production and control systems, for the release of a newsroom production and playout tool that supports the MOS (Media Object Server) protocol and interfaces with Newsroom Computer Systems (NRCS).

Here's another product debut planned for the 2018 NAB Show in Las Vegas. The second generation of GatesAir's content stream transport solution, now a standalone half-rack hardware device for data protection capability to a broadcaster’s audio contribution and distribution network, is getting its official unveiling April 9.

While ATSC 3.0 ushers in exciting new capabilities such as the delivery of 4K-quality shows, targeted ads and mobile services, implementing this next-generation DTV standard can prove challenging and disruptive. A new product with cloud-based, enterprise-level content monitoring and analysis solution could be the tool to provide help.

The co-inventor of the original Orban Optimod FM audio processor and founder of Modulation Sciences, who once served as Chief Engineer for RKO Radio-owned WXLO-FM (99X) in New York in the 1970s, has died after being struck by a vehicle in a supermarket parking lot in Delray Beach, Fla. He was 71.

Here's an exclusive chance for 2018 NAB Show attendees to learn more about one of Wazee Digital's newest partnerships. On Monday, April 9, Wazee Digital CEO Harris Morris will host a Q&A session Viacom Media Networks SVP/Ad Sales Operations Phil Lalonde. The conversation will be conducted in a private, and casual, cocktail reception.