Tech Roundup

Audinate, developer of the Dante media networking technology, has announced the availability of Dante IP Core, a soft IP solution for audio manufacturers. It allows OEMs working with FPGA-based designs to add Dante audio connectivity to AV products, using a single FPGA to implement product applications and Dante audio networking.

With television networks relying more heavily on license fees paid by “over the top” (OTT) video programming distributors, Media Audits International (MAI) is readying the launch of an OTT digital audit program to audit distribution carriage agreements and subscriber/transactional records maintained by OTT content distributors—including multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) for "skinny bundles" of cable and satellite television channels.

In an act that creates a single trade association for promoting IP in the media and entertainment industry, The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) is merging with the Media Networking Alliance (MNA). The combination of the two entities comes after a two-year history of collaboration.

After 15 years as President of Utah Scientific, Tom Harmon has announced his retirement. Come Jan. 1, 2018, a change in command will transpire, elevating the current COO and EVP/Finance into Harmon's soon-to-be former role.

"Hey Alexa ... wake me up with my favorite radio station!" That's a reality top digital publication Engagdet has brought to the attention of Silicon Valley and the online universe. Are radio broadcasters smart enough to see what they do about the smart phone as the next-gen alarm clock?

What is the future for broadcast radio in the dashboard of vehicles big and small on the roads across America? It's a question many have asked, and remains one of great importance to broadcast media's C-Suites. Now, the NAB is helping to bring clarity to what lies ahead for AM and FM while consumers are on the road by presenting an hour-long webinar on Thursday (12/14) featuring key thought leaders on the digital dashboard.

The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has given its thumbs-up to the Advanced Emergency Alerting (AEA) specification developed by Monroe Electronics as part of the A/331 standard. With the Dec. 6 approval of the A/311 Signaling, Delivery, Synchronization and Error Protection standard, announced Wednesday), AEA is now an official function within the ATSC 3.0 suite of next-generation broadcast transmission standards.

Live broadcast and events will generate over $545 billion in direct revenues in 2018. That's a key takeaway from the 17th edition of the "Technology, Media & Telecommunications Predictions” report from Deloitte, released today. The report also looks at the "adlergic" audience, and how this may impact -- if at all -- digital media and ad revenue. Meanwhile, young adult TV viewing is predicted to decline yet again.

The former president of Maple Leaf RF Systems & Service has been appointed Eastern Region Account Manager/Television Products for Electronics Research Inc. -- known across the industry as ERI.

ChyronHego has released the latest version of its PRIME Graphics platform. Version 2.6 of PRIME Graphics, a 64-bit, all-software rendering engine, includes such enhancements as 16-bit color and full, 10-bit I/O, a new Scene Camera effect, additional codecs for recording inputs, and advanced touch-screen features.

Members of the Advanced Television Systems Committee Inc. (ATSC) have elected three industry executives to serve on the ATSC Board of Directors for three-year terms that begin in January 2018.

For radio industry executives looking for a further push of NextRadio or TV executives looking for new ways to push video to consumers via smartphones, availability in the Google Play store may be a tad more valuable than that in the iTunes Store -- based on the latest smartphone OS data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech.

A wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Digital that serves as a provider of multiscreen digital advertising has launched a new technology that leverages proprietary audience and inventory data from all 171 Nexstar broadcast TV stations and 2,000 direct publisher integrations. 

Calkins Media’s over-the-top (OTT) business and mobile app technology, which enables media organizations to grow their audiences with branded channels on all of the major streaming platforms, has a new owner.

The owner and operator of TV stations in 26 DMAs across 39 states has inked an agreement with GatesAir to support multiple stations it owns that are affected by the TV spectrum repack.