Tech Roundup

Celebro Media, a provider of live TV services to broadcasters around the world, has partnered with Quicklink as part of their new global studio project. Quicklink’s ST500 (Studio-in-a-box) solution has been chosen to provide contribution facilities across Celebro’s televisions studio spaces.

The innovation initiative of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), has announced two winners of the 2021 PILOT Innovation Challenge. Winners will receive relevant mentorship, feedback, travel support and exhibit space at the 2021 NAB Show, held October 9-13 in Las Vegas.

Cleanfeed, a collaboration tool for high definition, live audio and recording in a browser, is now offering enhanced studio tools to the marketplace. The U.K.-based company says this amounts to improving the service for podcasters and broadcasters on a global level.

Blonder Tongue Laboratories, a designer and manufacturer of telecommunications, fiber optic, video and data delivery technologies, has unveiled the updated Aircaster AQT8 series of transmodulators.

Using Google’s Broadcast Stack for hybrid set top boxes (STBs) powered by Android TV, Synamedia has developed pre-integrated solutions including user interfaces, watermarking and broadcast/OTT security, Clarissa business insights, and Synamedia Iris addressable advertising.

Many know him as the face of Wedel Software. Now, he’s the CEO of a brand-new ad sales platform for radio advertising called Adthos. Raoul Wedel joins RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson from the Dutch city of The Hague to share more about the new product release. LISTEN HERE

The recent FCC spectrum repack moved nearly 1,200 TV stations to new UHF and VHF frequencies, freeing spectrum for wireless broadband while leaving less for broadcasters to share. Despite limited transmission resources — and new challenges —  CP Communications continues to successfully deliver RF coordination for major sporting events and other live programming.

The latest firmware update adds RDS Radio Text Alarm features and modifies LED Header displays to the Web Interface.

Logitek’s prior location, a short distance away in Houston, “was showing its age,” said Logitek President Tag Borland. “We had been there for over 20 years and it was an ‘analog-age’ facility."

#GALSNGEAR works to ensure women in media tech gain visibility at industry events, access to the latest technology, and high-level networking and educational opportunities.

Telestream, a provider of digital media tools and workflow products owned by Genstar Capital, has purchased a live event hosting and distribution platform used by Fortune 500 companies and others to stream content to their customers, employees, and members.

Ideal for content producers of live concerts, sports and other televised events, the new SilverBack-VB retains the main features required for HD, 4K and even 8K productions while streamlining the feature set for smaller budgets.

Looking to upgrade those studio cameras to newer technology? Who knew that a religious television outfit found on three MVPDs across the New York Tri-State area would provide a wholly different kind of inspiration than that it provides its viewers every day.

The final stretch of the FCC’s Broadcast Incentive Auction, or spectrum repack, is in progress. This will relocate displaced low-power TV (LPTV), TV translator and FM stations to new frequencies no later than September 5. And, Dielectric is preparing for "brisk business" over the next week as broadcast antenna and RF systems needs potentially increase.

JW Player, the leading video software and data insights platform, today announced it has appointed a Chief Technology Officer. The strategic hire, the company says, 'will accelerate JW Player’s product innovation to meet the needs of a rapidly growing Digital Video Economy."