Tech Roundup

The collaboration brings artificial intelligence capabilities to the Akta video platform with no code, and Akta says its customers can now leverage advanced AI to automatically enrich video metadata, extract accurate closed captions, and enhance monetization of the content.

Access is granted to the AI-powered spec spot creator for all 59 owned and operated radio stations in Augusta, Ga.; Boston; Charlotte; Detroit; Fayetteville, N.C.; Fort Myers-Naples; Las Vegas; Philadelphia; and Tampa-St. Petersburg.

It describes itself as a generative AI-powered company that "helps your news team get more done, faster," by generating artificial news anchors for an AM or FM based on a local news source of a station's choosing. The company has just been acquired by a broadcast radio technology company.

A "refreshed portfolio" means Shure's WL18Xm line delivers enhanced specifications for optimal compatibility with modern wireless systems and is specifically designed for speech and presentation applications in corporate environments, which may be of use for radio and television broadcasters.

ALP-AES67 integrates Ravenna and has SMPTE ST-2110 compliance and was developed using Digigram’s hardware platform. ALP-AES67 boasts a fanless design, and a PCIe card supporting 64 playback channels and 64 recording channels.

Thomson Broadcast-owned GatesAir has brought to life an enhanced managed services program that is designed to address what the company calls "the urgent need" for skilled RF resources and services in the global broadcast industry.

For privately held Dick Broadcasting Co., which owns stations Greensboro-Winston Salem and Greenville-New Bern, N.C.; Myrtle Beach, S.C.; and Midway-Savannah, Ga., shifting to ad insertion services offered by a streaming technology pioneer has paid off.

Audio-visual tech company Kramer has completed its acquisition of Ashton Bentley, a UK-based provider of collaboration spaces. This acquisition is being called "a pivotal step in Kramer's three-year strategy" to expand its capabilities and offerings in the Unified Communication and Collaboration (UCC) domain.

Vizrt, known for its real-time graphics and live production products for content creators, has partnered with Ithaca College to "upskill" the next generation and deliver a pipeline of new talent into the media technology industry.

"This integration enables broadcasters to seamlessly sync contest details with ease, leveraging time-saving vPromotions workflows like automatic population of past winner information and one-click electronic document signing," vCreative says.

Radio streaming and advertising technology provider Zeno Media has inked a deal with one of the largest operators of Spanish-language radio stations in California, an arrangement that brings enhanced revenue opportunities through an online audio boost.

The NextGen Video Information Systems Alliance and the ATSC have deployed a Next Generation ATSC 3.0 Warning System at the FEMA IPAWS Technical Support Service Facility System. The system is designed to provide the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System with testing and simulation abilities.

Vizrt, the Norway-based real-time graphics and live production product company, is rolling out an ultra-compact live production workstation that enables multi-channel 4K video and audio connectivity with a simple internet or network connection, anywhere in the world.

Two Nautel Regional Sales Managers have each expanded their sales regions, the Nova Scotia-based broadcast technology company says.

Known for its fiber-optic transport in the broadcast, sports and cinematic production space, MultiDyne’s is widening its business into new areas — including those InfoComm focuses on — that demand the same performance and toolsets of broadcast systems.