ZTransform Lures TEGNA Exec To Its Engineering Team
It is a company featured in the Spring 2024 RBR+TVBR magazine for its work building state-of-the-art radio and TV studios and offices in locales such as Seattle, its home market. Now, ZTransform has appointed a Senior Design Engineer with a 10+-year tenure at TEGNA.
Red House Streaming Paddles Upstream with Live Rowing Competitions
Between March and May, Red House Streaming produced five rowing competitions that were streamed live on RHStv from Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, with nearly 600,000 unique viewers tuning in for the five events.
Vizrt Bridges The Gap Between ProAV and Broadcast Cameras
Bergen, Norway-headquartered Vizrt, known for its real-time graphics and live production offerings for content creators, has brought to market two new cameras that bridge the gap between ProAV and Broadcast.
Meet Inovonics’ New APAC, MEA Sales Head
The California-headquartered maker of audio processors, RDS encoders, AM/FM modulation monitors and off-air monitoring equipment for broadcast and streaming audio has promoted from within to fill the role of Regional Sales Manager for the Asia-Pacific and Middle East-Africa territories.
Mediaproxy Gets Captioning and Transcription Tool Boost
Australia-based Mediaproxy, known for its software-based IP compliance products, has further expanded the capabilities and scope of its LogServer compliance monitoring system through integration with AI-Media Technologies' recently launched LEXI Recorded self-service captioning and transcription platform.
Voice Cloning Feature Arrives for Spec Spot Production
SPECai uses advanced AI technology to generate fully produced spec spots in English and Spanish, including regional accents. SPECai’s new voice cloning feature allows users to clone voices they have the authorization to use in creating a spec spot.
Grass Valley Signs Strategic Partnership With Diversified
The agreement, the companies say, "underscores a shared vision to lead the future of media technology, ensuring that clients are equipped with the most advanced tools and support to thrive in an increasingly dynamic and competitive environment."
Vizrt Adds To Its IT Team
It's a Norwegian company known for real-time graphics and live production solutions for content creators. It's just shared several new senior appointments which it says are designed to enhance customer security, experience, and its channel business.
Swiss Broadcasting Corp. Moves Ahead With FM Abandonment
Since fall 2021, the nation of Switzerland has been dealing with a slightly more eye-popping scenario for radio listeners than the loss of AM radio access in the car: the silence by law of FM radio stations. Now, the Swiss Broadcasting Corp. is moving ahead with a full shut-down of its MHz-based signals.
A Virtual Audio Processing Software Offering Arrives
Unveiled at the 2024 NAB Show, Forza FM is the newest Omnia software processor. Like Forza HDS for HD, DAB, and streaming audio, Forza FM employs a five-band architecture, but its wideband and multiband processing stages have been optimized to meet the unique demands of FM radio.
Veritonic Promises Advertisers ‘Unparalleled Insights’ for Campaign Success Assessment
Audio analytics and research tech company Veritonic has added new benchmarks within its Brand Lift measurement product the company says are designed to give both advertisers and agencies "a comprehensive view" of their campaign performance.
Gray Seeks More Time For VHF-to-UHF Upgrade
Oscar C. Hirsch, who brought radio to the Cape Girardeau, Mo.-Paducah, Ky. market in 1925, brought its then-sibling TV station to life on October 3, 1954. Now owned by Gray Television, a UHF upgrade was approved in 2021 by the FCC. More time is needed to build out the new facility.
Dielectric Regional Sales Manager To Retire
She joined Dielectric in March 1986 and holds the title of Regional Sales Manager. On July 1, she'll be retiring from the role, ending a 38-year tenure at the company and concluding a 49-year career.
Western Illinois Univ. Gives Its PBS Station An Upgrade
Tuesday proved to be a big day for the PBS Member station serving the Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois, as a new master control rack was installed, bringing a "significant upgrade" to the Western Illinois University TV facility.
Text-To-Audio Technology Hits A New Milestone
"Listen to any text on the go with the highest quality voices." That's the promise being offered by ElevenLabs as it is turning heads with a new Reader App that could make Alexa or Siri as quaint as a compact disc player.