Tech Roundup

Minnesota Public Radio has just upgraded its facility's 24 Axia Element Consoles to Axia Fusion Consoles. Here's the latest info on software update v3.2 for Fusion Console Mix Engines, including the Axia PowerStation and Axia StudioEngine, which are both now available for radio broadcasters.

In mid-October of last year, Sinclair Broadcast Group moved a critical operation to a fully virtualized public environment, enabling the company to realize a variety of cost and business advantages. What did it do? It streamlined and customized the distribution of the broadcast media company's children's programming by centralizing playout operations in the public cloud.

The 2018 Great Lakes Media Show will take place March 6 and 7 at the Lansing Center in downtown Lansing, Michigan. This year, broadcast industry veteran Martyn Horspool will break down ATSC 3.0. Horspool currently serves as the product manager for television transmission at GatesAir in Mason, Ohio.

Three large broadcast TV station ownership groups have reached an agreement with American Tower Corp. to jointly construct and operate Single Frequency Network (SFN) sites to broadcast next-gen TV signals with the Dallas-Fort Worth market. It's the first step toward a national launch of ATSC 3.0, and involves Sinclair Broadcast Group, Nexstar Media Group and Univision. 

The first-of-its kind standard that outlines measurement and reporting requirements for digital audio advertising and content in either browser or App environments requiring a software-based audio player have been finalized. Here's what the MRC has codified.

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.