Tech Roundup

Findings from a survey conducted by Veritone in collaboration with Future Media Entertainment Group suggest a majority of television companies are "embracing" AI and view the technology as "a competitive necessity." Word of the study's findings excited investors, as Veritone stock soared by nearly 10% on roughly twice its average volume. 

Vertical Bridge REIT, the privately held owner and operator of communications infrastructure and locations across the U.S., confirmed Monday that it has successfully issued the notes in a private asset-backed securitization (ABS) transaction.

There is a change in command at the maker of monitoring, visualization and delivery analytics tools to broadcast media known as Qligent. The Melbourne, Fla.-based company on Monday revealed that its President/CEO since 2014 is transitioning to the role of Executive Chairman of its board of directors. 

The U.S. Sales and Marketing Manager for Music Products at Solid State Logic has been named to a National Sales position at the manufacturer of audio consoles and creative tools for broadcast media.

Digital Alert Systems, known for its emergency communications products for broadcast media, has instituted a "Price Relief Program" for its family of Emergency Alert System (EAS) devices.

Ad-supported local TV news-focused streaming service Haystack TV has rolled out a dynamic and interactive news ticker, first launched on the Roku platform, that gives app users a custom crawl of relevant news that can be instantly viewed with one click.

Futuri, the provider of cloud-based audience engagement software, and ReelWorld, a jingle, imaging, and sonic branding company, have forged a strategic partnership that includes the launch of a new interactive programming platform designed to help programming teams create "truly standout, engaging on-air moments with minimal drain on resources."

Nova Scotia-based Nautel has announced a series of round table discussions under the “Transmission Talk Tuesday” title set to run weekly throughout the month of June. Hosted by Jeff Welton, the weekly events will bring in featured guests to discuss a range of topics related to radio transmission.

A new online product designed to evaluate video creative in both the U.S. and the United Kingdom has been launched by Ipsos. It's branded "Creative|Spark," and was created for advertisers to quickly evaluate and optimise video creative in as little as 24 hours.

Second Street, an audience engagement software platform used by over 4,000+ media companies, is moving their seventh annual Summit from a two-day conference to a free, month-long virtual series, starting Tuesday, June 2.

Broadcast Pix has entered into a partnership with CASTUS to add live Zoom and other teleconferencing meeting support to their live broadcasting and streaming solutions. Broadcast Pix says the integration is ideal for meetings, conferences, lectures, online training and remote learning applications, or anyone wishing to easily incorporate video conference sessions within live productions.

The 2020 Bernard J. Lechner Outstanding Contributor Award has been presented to Dr. Jae-Young Lee of the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute.  ATSC also presented the Mark Richer Industry Leadership Medal to the key partners of the Phoenix Model Market program, the pioneering testbed and launchpad for NEXTGEN TV powered by ATSC 3.0.

Orban Labs, Circuit Research Labs and Orban Europe GmbH have settled long-standing legal issues relating to DaySequerra’s 2016 purchase of Orban. Ownership of Orban Europe and all other worldwide assets are being transferred to Orban Labs. This sees an Orban Labs restructuring designed to streamline sales order processing and inventory management.

The Telos Alliance and Verance have announced the availability of Aspect watermarking in the Linear Acoustic LA-5300 Broadcast Audio Processor. The processor was developed by Telos Alliance specifically for the Advanced Television Systems Committee’s ATSC 3.0 broadcast standard.

As has been seen with many companies that had their NAB Show expo hall product showcases scratched due to the COVID-19 pandemic, facility management software company Xytech is moving forward with a "virtual NAB web series" set for today and Wednesday.