Tech Roundup

With the 2021 NAB Show planned for April 10-14, the National Association of Broadcasters will soon bring to life what it's calling "a dynamic year-round digital platform designed to extend the impact of NAB Show" via networking and educational opportunities.

A key provider of enterprise revenue management and digital software products has released an all-in-one platform designed to give radio broadcasters the power to increase revenue — and amplify their existing advertising programs through the sale of third-party digital advertising.

Logitek’s Helix TV console package, a touchscreen audio console available in physical and “virtual” formats, now provides 64 x 64 channels of Dante audio along with AES67 networking.

NextGen TV can double the revenue growth rate of local TV stations over the next decade. That was just one takeaway from the third webinar in a six-episode series on making money with ATSC 3.0, the emerging technology positioned to define next-generation broadcast TV.

NATPE has selected the Chief Digital Officer at ViacomCBS and ViacomCBS's President/CEO; and the head of programming for CBS All Access; to participate in a headlining keynote conversation together at NATPE Streaming Plus.  That's the online event set for September 14-17 tied to NATPE VIRTUAL.

The 2020 NAB Show New York will transform for this year into a ten-day virtual event offering what the broadcast media industry's biggest advocacy group calls "a myriad of opportunities for education, discovery and engagement." The online affair is scheduled from October 19-29, and registration will commence in early September.

This new series places a focus on ways to leverage “Made for Radio” standards and technologies—MPX, µMPX, MPX node, E2X, HD Radio PAR, and Virtualization—to solve nagging air-chain issues and open the door to new and easier implementations of HD Radio transmission opportunities.

This new product allows an audio professional to convert a XLR microphone into an Axient Digital wireless microphone. This, the company says, empowers the user to enjoy improved audio quality and RF performance, wide-tuning, and encryption features.

Yes, the Humboldt County tech company known as StreamGuys has made its name primarily for its software-as-a-service based streaming and podcast products. But, they've also gained a niche with pro sports leagues and teams. A NFL team in the South is the latest professional club to link up with StreamGuys.

This is the first project that SMPTE has undertaken to electronically publish machine-readable metadata as a standard that is expected to be used operationally rather than by application developers. It is expected to significantly streamline media asset management around the globe.

Geared toward general and engineering managers, a new Nautel eBook discusses details that could be overlooked during the decision-making process including space requirements, potential delivery issues, site preparation and other important needs when looking to purchase a transmitter.

Telestream, known for its file-based media workflow orchestration, media streaming and delivery technologies, is benefiting from the utilization of its Wirecast Pro product as a key feature of Emergency Production LLC’s (EPAV) reinvented business model for COVID-19 times.

The MPEG-H Audio system, substantially developed by Fraunhofer IIS, is specified in TV broadcast standards such as ATSC 3.0 and DVB as well as in the mobile broadband standard 3GPP. It is currently the only Next Generation Audio codec used in commercial TV broadcasting since the launch of the South Korean ATSC 3.0-based UHDTV service in May 2017.

One of the radio broadcasting industry's key media workflow software companies has rolled out what it says is the first software program developed to provide radio and TV station owners with the ability to track, manage, audit and report on trade inventory. This, says vCreative, eliminates the risk of financial loss due to wasted or expired trade.

Megatrax Production Music is now the exclusive representative across North America and Latin America for a newly launched London-based custom imaging company. It's a new option for radio stations seeking fresh choices of music beds, sound design and customized imaging.