Tech Roundup

Given the response and interest they’ve had to their exclusive tours for radio broadcasters at the Consumer Electronics Show, Paul and Fred Jacobs of Jacobs Media are "seriously considering" adding a third tour.

The exclusive global provider of Philips digital signage, interactive displays, direct view LED and professional TV products and solutions is welcoming a new Commercial VP for North America.

Its mission: to provide a standards-based, open, end-to-end, nationwide, wireless, IP, multicast network. Introducing Scottsdale, Ariz.-based PEAK3, which has created an alternative data highway designed to offer organizations who operate a high volume of edge devices a secure and efficient pathway to deliver critical information to their network.

Like any other publicly traded company, a conference call for analysts and investors was held. It was during this call that Xperi Corp. revealed that its DTS AutoStage has won four new automotive brands. Meanwhile, supply chain challenges continue for HD Radio.

When it came time to finalize REMI production and streaming services for the Ohlmeyer Kusserow Group (OKG), a production company that specializes in sports broadcasts, during its production of two LPGA events in September, a St. Petersburg, Fla.-headquartered operation gaining recognition for its live event services was selected.

NetRange MMH GmbH's Smart TV Portal for RDK and the NetFront Browser BE have been selected to provide global content services through Skyworth RDK set-top boxes. It is the result of a new agreement between NetRange, an ACCESS company and a global provider of white-labeled, turnkey Smart TV and OTT ecosystems, and Skyworth Digital Technology.

For generations, it has been regarded as the leading higher education institution advancing training in the arts and communication within the context of the liberal arts. Now, this school that's enjoying strong Nielsen Audio ratings results with its WERS-FM has implemented what it's described "a major upgrade" of its broadcast audio capabilities at its downtown Boston main campus, which faces the Boston Common.

An "interactive and actionable" audio advertising platform that allows a listener to interact with the ad creative by voice in real time is getting a big splash on Tuesday in London, England. It is a celebration of a new offering from AdTonos, which is officially launching the rollout.

Low power television broadcaster and Broadcast Internet technology innovator ARK Multicasting has successfully completed a proof of concept working with commercial CDN demonstrating end-to-end content delivery network from source to the far edge in the consumer home. This, ARK says, marks one of the largest breaks in the datacasting business model for the new broadcast television standard powered by ATSC 3.0.

The AWARN New Orleans Roundtable, which brings together broadcasters and emergency managers to discuss the voluntary use of NextGen TV Advanced Emergency Information (AEI), begins Wednesday afternoon. Here's what on tap at the two-day event.

Vietnam’s first EV maker has signed a deal with the TuneIn streaming audio platform that will place the app in-dash in two electric SUV models set for sale in the U.S., Canadian and European markets.

The codec manufacturer has announced the release of new firmware v3.06.06. It is officially supporting Livewire+ and a range of other new features in Gateway and Gateway 4 codecs.

The most widely distributed and watched sports channel in the Caribbean has deployed Synamedia’s Vivid PowerVu Workflow-as-a-Service (WaaS) offering, moving its distribution from on-premise to the cloud. The migration enables it to deliver near-broadcast latency, and superior distribution security.

One is today a subsidiary of Thomson Broadcast. The other is a group of listener-supported Christian radio stations that was formed with the merger of WAY Media with Houston-based KSBJ. Together, they've brought a modernized way to deliver FM and HD Radio broadcasts to Hope Media Group.

They are designed, according to the company, "to help solve the critical challenges of modern broadcasters in the North American market and beyond, including the increasingly urgent need for effective cybersecurity and robust remote production workflows." And, NAB Show New York attendees got the opportunity to learn in-person about the latest updates to CGI's media industry tech products in this space.