Tech Roundup

Artificial intelligence in the cloud is now available for media companies that wish to extract new value from their video and audio content. That’s thanks to the roll out by Quantum Corp. of aiWARE for Xcellis, described as “an on-premise and cloud version” of the artificial intelligence (AI) platform from Veritone.

As The Telos Alliance sees it, "virtual radio is the future," and audio-over IP is now a standard for many a broadcast facility. Is your operation behind the curve? Perhaps some of the latest tech from the company's Axia brand can be of use to your AM and/or FM stations.

TV streaming tech company Roku Inc. is going public. The Silicon Valley company announced Sept. 1 that it has publicly filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of shares of its Class A common stock.

A bipartisan bill supporting the safe development of self-driving cars is set to be considered on the House floor next week, once Congress returns from its summer recess. The House Energy & Commerce Committee's two top leaders applauded the announcement, putting the Self Drive Act (H.R. 3388) on a fast track that may result in a long-term impact on broadcast radio.

A company known across the radio industry for its commercial and program delivery services has shifted to a bigger office space on the south side of the Ventura Freeway in a city northwest of Los Angeles. At the same time, it's added a veteran radio industry figure to provide support and training to this firm's East Coast clients.

The associate editor of two editions of the National Association of Broadcasters Engineering Handbook, including the new 11th edition, has died. Osenkowsky had been suffering from both multiple myeloma and lymphoma. He was 62.

The new master clock provides precise timing signals for applications that utilize Dante Audio-over-Ethernet media networking technology, and implements a IEEE 1588 precision time protocol (PTP) server, compatible with the requirements of Dante and capable of simultaneously supporting the timing needs of up to hundreds of Dante-compatible devices.

VER, a supplier of equipment and technical expertise for television, cinema, live music, sports, and corporate production, has puts its faith — and money — into a diverse set of products from the Riedel MediorNet real-time media network family.

A 20-year broadcast media tech sales professional has joined Florida-based Qligent as its Manager of Business Development. He is tasked with developing U.S. sales, customer relationships and market opportunities.

A specialized Bexel business unit that offers competitive pricing on a wide range of new and used professional video and audio equipment, Bexel TSS is currently inviting broadcast facilities and other media organizations to submit equipment for consideration in the upcoming auction.

Attention, 2017 Radio Show attendees: You have the opportunity to learn in-person about the latest technologies influencing radio broadcasting companies and those in the C-Suite. It simply involves attending a 9am session on Sept. 6 in Austin, Tex. It follows a free webinar set for Tuesday afternoon that you can still sign up for today.

A community self-described as one comprised "of more than 90,000 technology professionals and consumers committed to advancing innovation, growing our nation’s IT economy, and enhancing the fabric of our nation through technology" has urged the FCC to preserve no less than three TV white spaces channels in every market in the nation that can be used to carry "innovative broadband technology." The NAB says such a plan goes beyond folly, and could fool the Commission into putting broadcast TV in a perilous position.

The FCC recently asked how it should define "advanced communications capability." As American Enterprise Institute senior fellow Mark Jamison points out, that's broadband. He finds this a curious question, "because it presumes that the FCC should define broadband." On that note, he asks, "Don't customers define broadband every day? Why not simply watch what they do?" It's an interesting philosophy any broadcast media company actively using digital platforms should take note of.

One of the nation's largest privately owned broadcast TV companies has partnered with GatesAir to provide transmitters and installation services made necessary from the TV spectrum repack.

Comrex is now shipping ​ACCESS NX​, the latest in its IP audio codec line. Introduced at NAB 2017, ACCESS NX is designed for a wide range of applications, including ENG, sports announcing, talk show hosting, and community outreach.