Tech Roundup

House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) on Wednesday urged the Justice Department and the FBI to investigate whether Federal law was violated by the submission of fake comments — using stolen identities — to the FCC net neutrality commenting system.

"Hey, broadcast radio executives. Get on Alexa and Google Home access today!" That could be one of the key messages from an hour-long webinar on home smart speaker usage presented Wednesday by NPR and Edison Research.

A top independent data management platform (DMP) and data exchange has been selected as a partner by a company that's best known for providing TV companies with solutions for ad detection, sponsorship measurement and media monitoring.

Just in time for Canada 150 and the Fourth of July in the U.S., there's a new rep in the fifty nifty and the Great White North for Osprey Video. A newly forged agreement has made JB&A Distribution the official representative of Osprey's complete product offering to systems integrators and value-added resellers in the U.S. and Canada.

Did you miss www.orban.com? It appears the professional audio processing company Orban did too, as it has just redesigned its website and relaunched the famed Orban brand with its original URL.

Twin Cities-based Cordillera Communications is putting the wheels in motion on the broadcast spectrum move of no less than three UHF stations—a move predicated by the completion of the FCC's spectrum auction. Stations in Kentucky, Colorado and Montana are impacted, and brought in to assist with the channel shift for the trio of broadcast stations is GatesAir.

Here's some good news for users of Wazee Digital Core that want to post, revise and/or delete digital video content on Facebook directly from the platform: You are now empowered to do so, thanks to an advancement from cloud-native video management and licensing services player Wazee Digital.

The letter "O" will now be a big part of Mike Nikzad's life. That's because he's just been named COO at Ooyala, the California-based provider to media companies of video software and services.

Bexel is giving its lighting inventory a spark with the addition of 300 brand-new Litepanels Astra 6X LED panels. The new lights will be key components in Bexel's ongoing support of broadcast media customers who require turnkey lighting solutions in any location at outdoor sporting venues.

A new Parks Associates white paper released today sheds new light on the leading "internet of things" trends for consumers as the first half of 2016 — and the end of the fiscal year for many — arrives on Friday. Parks Associates identified 10 key trends impacting the market for consumer technology now and into the next year. Find out what they are here, and if radio's C-Suite can benefit.

For all of the chatter regarding dissatisfaction with MVPDs, the percentage of consumers who are "very satisfied" with their pay-TV service is still much higher than those who are fed up with cable.

The FCC's Media Bureau has set the comment date, and reply comment date, for individuals to share their thoughts with the Commission on a Fiat Chrysler Automobiles request for a waiver of FCC rules requiring the accessibility of user interfaces on covered digital apparatus.

The Custom Message Plus software offered as an option by emergency communications solutions company Monroe Electronics and its Digital Alert Systems subsidiary is no more. Not to fret: It's been reborn as part of a "major upgrade."

Need an outdoor TV offering 4K resolution for your entertainment and enjoyment this summer and throughout the year? You're in luck. Aurora, Ill.-based Peerless-AV has unveiled its latest line of all-season outdoor TVs with the UltraView UHD Outdoor TV.

When it came to a final decision on a new broadcast graphics package, Northwest Broadcasting's FOX affiliate serving New York's Southern Tier turned to FOR-A Corporation of America. In doing so, this TV station is the first to sign on with FOR-A for a package delivered through an Italian partner.