Tech Roundup

The software integration and design of WorldCast System's all-in-one transmitter platform is being extended to higher-power FM broadcasting, with the addition of 5kw variations of the company's Ecreso FM AiO Series.

Nautel wants to make sure transmitters are properly registered to their owner, whether purchased from the Canadian broadcast technology company, a dealer, or as a previously owned acquisition. 

Music 1, Inc. and Aiir are taking separate business paths at the end of 2026, concluding a long-running commercial relationship while maintaining the close integration between Music 1 and Aiir's PlayoutOne radio automation system.

Providing the ability for external systems to control System T console parameters via the open and extensible OSC protocol, the upgrade is designed to bring third-party equipment "seamless access" to the SSL ecosystem, supporting ad hoc workflows and enhancing flexibility and interoperability in modern production environments.

For years, the conversation around the future of C-band and video distribution was driven largely by engineers. With the FCC’s C-band transition now underway, broadcasters are moving from planning to implementation and get to weigh how their decisions will reshape operating models, capital planning and future business opportunities.

How can an open development philosophy, expanded Linux support and mature software and hardware platforms make SMPTE ST 2110 product development more accessible while helping manufacturers accelerate time to market? Macnica has an answer and it will demonstrate how one can reach these goals at IBC 2026.

Every day, radio station employees drive past locales that eventually become stories on their websites. Many of those photos never make it online because getting them from a phone to the website requires too many steps. A new mobile app from Skyrocket Radio was created to eliminate that workflow.

DTV+, Brazil’s next-generation television standard, has been launched. To support the industry’s transition toward remote and cloud-native production and distribution, Telos Alliance's Jünger Audio brand is joining Fraunhofer IIS and its industry partners to showcase a cloud-based, DTV+-compliant workflow at SET Expo 2026.

The Broadcast Standards Association known as ATSC is preparing to highlight the latest advancements in next-generation television broadcasting — and international collaboration — starting Monday in São Paulo, Brazil.

An upcoming SET Expo appearance follows the successful installation of two permanent Dielectric DTV+ antenna systems in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Installed by Foccus Digital for TV Globo, the systems went on air ahead of this summer’s World Cup to support live over-the-air DTV+ broadcasts in Brazil’s two largest cities.

East of Lexington, Ky., is a college town that's home to Morehead State University, a Division I school within the Ohio Valley Conference founded in 1887. Like many schools of higher learning, it has an FM that's been using equipment considered by many to be outdated. A major upgrade of the station is now complete, thanks to Nautel.

Visitors to IBC2026 can experience the Maxiva XTK and GatesAir's portfolio of TV and radio offerings at Stand 8.B75, where the Ohio-headquartered company plans to demonstrate technologies designed to improve transmission efficiency, simplify operations and prepare broadcasters for the next generation of over-the-air services.

The next-generation VersaFrame VF-9100 fiber transport platform will be introduced to international clientele by MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems in one month at IBC2026, bringing a redesigned hardware architecture that expands expanded processing capacity.

The technology, rolled out at 12 other Paramount Global-owned broadcast TV properties, was first deployed on Monday during the KDKA-2 4pm newscast with anchor Kristine Sorenson and meteorologists Mary Ours and Ray Petelin.

Sinclair Inc.-owned subsidiary Dielectric has completed two high-profile OptiLoad deployments in Texas through broadcast systems integrator Land Communications, including the industry’s first installation of Dielectric’s new external OptiLoad Heat Exchanger system.