Tech Roundup

He launched his career in 1978. In those 45+ years, he's missed perhaps a month's worth of work. Now, this longtime broadcast media engineer is ready to step aside and conclude his career, effective June 1, opening up the position of Director of Engineering and Operations for Cox Media Group's WSOC-9 in Charlotte to a new individual.

Quicklink and Canon have joined forces to demonstrate Canon’s PTZ camera range with Quicklink’s innovative Remote Studio product. This includes a joint presence at the recent AVITENG Technology Days 2023 event. Now comes news of a Canon camera and controller being included as a Quicklink Remote Studio approved device.

Early-stage startup companies are being encouraged by the NAB to apply for a new NAB Show initiative designed to cultivate what the association calls "a vibrant ecosystem of innovative entrepreneurs in the dynamic broadcast, media and entertainment industries."

The continued relationship with the Scott Simonelli-helmed Veritonic allows Audacy to provide clients and advertising partners “with insightful and comprehensive data that can be used to optimize their audio campaigns, resulting in an increase in both reach and ROI.”

The 2024 NAB Show is teaming up with Future Media Concepts (FMC) for the launch of a live, innovative workshop series designed to enhance digital creativity and technical prowess using the latest AI technologies.

Anywave Communications Technologies is bringing what it calls a “complete” ATSC 3.0/1.0 signal chain package to market. What does this mean? Anywave General Manager Dave Neff explains the advancements in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM. LISTEN HERE

Broadcast Electronics, the Elenos Group-owned designer and manufacturer of broadcast products including transmitters for radio and TV, has given a long-standing Adult Alternative FM serving the nation's No. 1 market an audio media management system boost.

This new support enables the globally adopted Quicklink TX solution to integrate seamlessly with uncompressed IP video workflows conforming to the SMPTE ST 2110 specification. The SMPTE ST 2110 suite defines standards for transporting video, audio, and metadata essences as separate streams over professional IP networks.

The exclusive global provider of Philips Professional Displays has struck a partnership the world’s leading sports entertainment platform. It brings the platform's live and on-demand content streaming services into hotel guest rooms for the first time, exclusively via Philips MediaSuite hospitality TVs.

ASTRODESIGN will demonstrate its innovation, the IA-1568 IP Gateway, at Stand CS650 in the Fira Barcelona Gran Via’s Discovery Zone, which highlights first-time ISE exhibitors. ASTRODESIGN anticipates that the device will begin shipping in June.

Singapore’s multinational news channel, Mediacorp-owned Channel News Asia (CNA), is now partnering with AI audio platform Adthos to generate localized news broadcasts. Using AI, broadcasts have been created which report the news in the Malay language but with a Singaporean accent.

They are designed to help Fubo consumers make better viewing decisions in real-time, the publicly traded company says.  Introducing "Instant Headlines," which FuboTV Inc. describes as "a pioneering beta feature that generates contextual news topics as they are reported live on air."

The 2024 NAB Show, which begins April 14 in Las Vegas, will again recognize a selection of the most significant and promising new products and technologies exhibited at the world's largest conference and expo focused on broadcast media with its presentation of the sixth annual Product of the Year Awards.

In a world where digital innovation is rapidly transforming traditional broadcast, media and entertainment industries, the creator economy has emerged as a driving force, reshaping the landscape and redefining how content is created, distributed and monetized. The NAB has responded.

The "innovation sprint and creative networking event" associated with the NAB Show in Las Vegas, is returning for its third consecutive year, the association has confirmed. And, due to what the NAB calls its in-person popularity among participants, NABiQ is expanding to include virtual challenges leading up to the NAB Show.