Tech Roundup

Futuri Media, the Software-as-a-Service tech firm founded by Dan Anstandig, has reached "a wide-ranging deal" with Alpha Media. The newly forged partnership empowers all 228 of Alpha’s stations with multiple tools from Futuri Media’s suite of audience engagement products.

"More variety and smart content recommendations." This, along with on-demand audio, are now available to drivers of the 2019 Ram 1500 truck who are also subscribers to SiriusXM Satellite Radio.

Kenwood has again expanded the number of multimedia receivers that are ready for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, with 15 models across the eponymous and Kenwood eXcelon product lines. Here's the report from CES 2018 in Las Vegas.

The development of a new, next-generation advertising management software platform designed to provide broadcasters with the ability to effectively exploit the potential of the new monetization opportunities of ATSC 3.0 digital television technology is underway. The companies intent on bringing the SaaS platform to fruition are Sinclair Broadcast Group and Imagine Communications.

Utah Scientific has looked to the individual managing its western region to serve as its new VP of North American sales.

A top wireless, over-the-air content delivery solutions provider for radio and TV broadcasters has appointed John Belza as Chief Financial Officer. Belza will also oversee the human resoures and IT functions at the company.

There's a change at the top at Vector Capital portfolio company ChyronHego, with the move finalized on January 8. The appointment comes as former President/CEO Johan Apel steps aside to focus on the company's sports solutions as executive chairman of the board

The Broadcaster Traffic Consortium (BTC) has executed an extension to continue as the broadcast partner with a former Nokia company now owned by a consortium of German automotive companies.

If you weren't convinced that broadcast media is on the cusp of a possible at-home consumer renaissance, NPR and Edison Research just served up a bright report right on cue, as stormy weather blew east and the sun returned to Southern Nevada on Wednesday. Thanks to a 2017 holiday sales surge, some 16% of Americans now own a voice-activated smart speaker.

The latest audio solutions from HD Radio are set to be shared with alongside imaging and semiconductor bonding solutions from sister companies DTS, FotoNation and Invensas at the world's biggest consumer electronics conference and expo.

It's already been a notable CES 2018 for the nation's No. 1 radio company. On Monday at the biggest event on Earth for consumer electronics, iHeartMedia unveiled multiple new integrations for its iHeartRadio-branded digital music, podcasting and live streaming radio service.

As first reported by RBR+TVBR on Dec. 20, a major provider​ ​of​ ​FM​ ​and​ ​AM​ ​transmitters​ ​in business since 1959 — and a 40-year player in the transmitter sales arena — has been acquired by a global manufacturer of FM transmitters based in Ferrara, Italy. ​​Elenos is now the owner of Broadcast​ ​Electronics​ ​(BE)​. In an attempt to try to answer some of the many questions about the deal, BE Director of U.S. Sales and Marketing Jeff Wilson spoke with Elenos Group President Leonardo Busi and BE President/CEO Tom Beck.

Programmatic TV has passed a key milestone on its way to becoming a mainstream method for buying and selling advertising: WideOrbit’s WO Programmatic is now the first and only platform to offer local ad inventory on more than 1,000 TV channels.

The JBL by HARMAN 3 Series MkII powered studio monitor, new from HARMAN Professional Solutions, has officially been unveiled ahead of its official launch at the 2018 NAMM Show, to be held later this month in Anaheim, Calif.

The network owned by Cumulus Media known for its nationally distributed play-by-play sports programming and several syndicated general entertainment programs is "making good to advertisers on its promise to provide analytics for native advertising and live reads." In doing so, it is expanding its partnership with Veritone.