Tech Roundup

The Sinclair Broadcast Group subsidiary dedicated to the deployment of advanced broadcast capabilities is readying a three-part webinar series that tackles the intricacies of Advanced Emergency Information powered by the NextGen Broadcast standard — ATSC 3.0.

Burk Technology has brought to market its Arcadia24 Hosted Subscription Service, a move the company that's long worked with radio and TV broadcasters says can provide secure web-based remote control accessible to small groups and individual stations.

The largest private owner and operator of communications infrastructure in the United States has announced that it has successfully issued $1.368 billion of tower revenue notes secured by its portfolio of 3,526 tower sites.

An interactive virtual event being held today and Wednesday comes at a time when new methods for connecting stories with audiences are being tested, and a new future for broadcast distribution and monetization is being defined. DRIVE 2022 seeks to explore the future of broadcasting and media, from syndication, FAST channels, monetization, and new OTT experiences, to cloud playout and master control.

NAB President/CEO Curtis LeGeyt will present the Radio and Television Engineering Achievement Awards during a 2022 NAB Show session titled “Hollywood’s ‘Binge Times’ OTT Battle and NAB Engineering Awards." The session is scheduled for April 24 at 3pm Pacific.

Workflow automation specialist Telestream, which also offers media processing, quality monitoring and test and measurement products designed to enable the production and distribution of video, has unveiled the latest version of its remote media player.

Electronics Research, Inc. is welcoming to the company a new Western Region Account Manager for Television. He will be responsible for managing ERI's broadcast television equipment sales in the western U.S.

The agreement allows Irdeto Control, a DRM platform, to be fully integrated into MwareTV’s IPTV/OTT distribution platform. The first implementation of Irdeto with MwareTV will be rolled out at shared services provider MultTV in Brazil.

Data and technology company Spherex has introduced what it calls "the first-ever global newsfeed that aggregates stories from around the world related to the globalization of TV and film content." Called World M&E News, the weekly newsletter is being offered free of charge as a service to the entertainment industry.

A company known for its media processing and delivery technology is launching operations to support contribution and distribution in the North American market. It's an entity spun out of Tandberg Television in 2004 by 11 former employees that has gotten attention in Europe for its low-latency video delivery.

Ottawa-based Novra Technologies Inc. its subsidiary International Datacasting Corporation have been selected by LinkUp Communications Corp. to provide a migration and modernization path for radio networks still using the legacy ABR satellite receivers originally manufactured by Comstream, Radyne, Comtech and IDC.

After testing the product with customers over the last year and generating scans, the KERV TV product is rolling out new features including placement options on screen, linking options to products and a simplified process of inserting QR codes.

The ability for a radio to toggle between an audio stream and over-the-air broadcast is coming to vehicles manufactured by a big German automaker.  And, the rollout includes the North American marketplace.

The company was founded during the Velvet Revolution, some 11 months before the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. Today, this globally renowned entity founded by five engineers from the Scientific Research Institute of Television and Broadcasting in Praha is celebrating 30 years as a Prague-based company with customers and offices around the world.

A new networking series focused on innovation is in the works for the 2022 NAB Show, the National Association of Broadcasters' first since 2019. According to the NAB, each "NABiQ challenge" will relate to NAB Show’s new content pillars.