Tech Roundup

Introducing the Independent Streaming Alliance, which as of today aims to serve as a "procompetitive independent industry forum" with a mission to proactively engage and work collaboratively with consumers, platforms, regulators, and media. Its founding members include two broadcast television groups.

Introducing what is being touted as the world's "only AI-powered weather service for Radio," with fully automated production. It comes courtesy of a Los Angeles-based company powering up digital music services and experiences fueled by artificial intelligence for radio broadcasters.

Hitachi Kokusai will show its range of HD/UHD and HDR support for high-quality visual content acquisition across numerous AV applications at InfoComm (with floor exhibits scheduled for June 14-16 at Orange County Convention Center in Orlando). Hitachi Kokusai exhibits at Booth 2488.

For radio and TV software technology provider ENCO, "ultra-quiet, smooth camera operation" is the product promise it is bringing to those in attendance at this weekend's InfoComm in Orlando.

Now five products strong, the IPAC family adds the Annuncicom MPI400 for InfoComm, supporting networked intercom, paging and background music applications with elevated security standards. Barix will also preview Dante-compatible applications that bring Barix’s wide-area networking expertise together with Dante’s LAN-based digital audio networking.

In March, a Class A FM owner petitioned the FCC for the right to move its facility to another frequency. Why? It’s tied to an upgrade it wants for a station some 60 miles to its north, just to the north of a town within the Las Vegas DMA. With no counterproposals or other comments filed in response to a NPRM on the matter, Audio Division Assistant Chief Nazifa Sawez granted Shamrock Communications' wish.

The Connected Car, for those who own or lease 5-series BMW vehicles and forthcoming models, has just taken a big step forward thanks to the addition of visual options, in addition to audio selections. The company making it happen: Xperi Corp., the very company winning accolades for its DTS AutoStage product.

It has a mere 28 watts of power but serves all of tiny Hillsdale, Mich., as a student-run FM facility licensed to the local college. Open to all enrolled students who wish to take part in either on-air or behind-the-scenes roles in broadcast communication, Hillsdale College students have the ability to produce promos, use Adobe Audition and, now, operate broadcasting automation software from ENCO.

Broadcast audio software maker Telos Alliance has opened registration for an upcoming AudioTools Server WorkflowCreator webinar. Introduced just before the 2023 NAB Show, the company led by Frank Foti says WorkflowCreator "allows users to easily and intuitively harness the full power of the AudioTools Server platform."

His hiring is "the capstone of a strategic expansion effort that began three years ago and has since grown the team fivefold," Chicago-based Inrush Broadcast Services notes.

The DTS and HD Radio parent Xperi Inc. is enjoying a healthy comeback on Wall Street from a dip to under $9 a share on May 3. Now, with a 1-year target estimate of $19, Xperi's CEO is preparing to appear at two big financial events focused on the technology industry investor events.

To make it all happen, TSG will install GatesAir Maxiva VAXTE air-cooled VHF transmitters at two stations and a Dielectric TFU top-mounted UHF antenna at another, with deployments expected this fall.

He’ll lead a four-person team at CPB to work with FEMA to administer funding to public media stations for the Next Generation Warning System. Introducing the new Executive Director for the next-gen system.

It's a television channel found on cable systems in Washington state targeting Native American viewers. And, it had been searching for a system capable of managing multiple program feeds, live streams and content conversion for their operation.  NVerzion products are making the transition happen.

The broadcast media universe's second-largest global event, behind the NAB Show, is being staged once again in Amsterdam. The dates are September 15-18.