Tech Roundup

The digital platform is designed to serve as a beacon for those vendors who will no longer be able to participate in the NAB Show's expo, as the 2020 event in Las Vegas set to begin Saturday has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this exclusive-to-RBR+TVBR commentary, Horowitz Research President Howard Horowitz shares his thoughts on "the age of media disruption" -- and the search of a new synthesis. "For what seems like an eternity, the media world is described as being disrupted, on the verge of disruption," he writes. "There is truth to this characterization."

Nova Scotia-based Nautel has decided to conduct a virtual edition of the company’s NUG@NAB Radio Technology Forum. In lieu of a live event at the now-canceled 2020 NAB Show, the online event will take place April 29.

To help sound editors, mixers and other post-production professionals who suddenly find themselves working from home, Ambidio is making its Ambidio Looking Glass immersive sound technology available at no charge.

Broadcasting and production are no more isolated from the effects of the Coronavirus than any other industry. Yet, as Video-On-Demand explodes, even for broadcast TV, projects in various stages of development, pre-production and production are shut down or put on hold. Who knew that a Finnish public broadcaster's efforts to combat this problem would help U.S. media companies?

As a way of helping to enhance microphone hygiene in these challenging times, a California-based tech company has added extra windshields into every microphone it sells. Standard mic packages that had typically included one windshield have been upgraded to six.

Johns Hopkins Medicine warns that “Studies suggest that coronaviruses may stay on surfaces for a few hours or up to several days.” As such, keeping common areas sanitized to protect on-air staff and production personnel is a top concern. Here are some tips for a clean work environment, protecting the remaining staff in your radio or TV station, courtesy of tech company LAWO.

From the Space Coast of Florida, Qligent has established itself as a source of monitoring, visualization and delivery analytics tools for broadcasters. Now, it has secured its largest U.S. broadcast project to date, and it involves one of the nation's biggest broadcast TV companies.

The Telos Alliance, known for its broadcast audio tools, is helping its customers in need of going on-air from anywhere by offering a temporary price break on a selection of its products best-suited for the task.

Hitachi Kokusai is following recommendations by the U.S. government and health authorities to minimize risks for its employees, customers and their families during the global COVID-19 pandemic.

GatesAir is broadening its range of Maxiva transmitters and next-generation software innovations for digital broadcasters. And, while the NAB Show has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, it is moving forward with bringing to market the first Maxiva liquid-cooled transmitter line for VHF television.

Veritone Inc., known for its AI-powered audio and visual attribution platform, is extending free access to its core applications — Veritone Essentials, Attribute, and Digital Media Hub — for 60 days.

RadioMax, a mobile app technology provider for the commercial radio industry, is agreeing to provide at no cost a mobile app to any station in need of one to better help serve and inform their listeners and community during the coronavirus pandemic.

Media sellers now have real-time visibility into Accounts Receivable aging data through Matrix’s media ad sales platform, Monarch, from WideOrbit’s traffic and billing system, WO Traffic. The new integration is designed to improve media companies’ bottom line by expediting cash flow.