Tech Roundup

The FCC believes satellite companies don’t need the entire C-band to provide the services to broadcast radio and TV stations they are providing today. That's why knowing what is in draft rules released Thursday by Chairman Ajit Pai that would reform the use of the C-band could be essential to your business.

Shares in popular social media app Snapchat's parent company tumbled 14.7% on Wednesday following the release of Q4 2019 results Pivotal Research Group Senior Research Analyst for Internet and Media Michael Levine categorizes as "more of a miss" versus expectations rather than anything fundamentally different about the business.

A technology supplier of advanced broadcast and media solutions is being acquired by a South Florida-based private equity firm from Belden Inc. in a transaction that sees Cowen and Company as an advisor and Greenberg Traurig as legal counsel.

NAB Show is introducing The Streaming Experience, a new content showcase curated by noted streaming and online video expert Dan Rayburn that will feature more than 50 OTT platforms and streaming devices, giving NAB Show attendees a first-hand look at the latest streaming video services.

PILOT, the National Association of Broadcasters’ (NAB) technology innovation initiative, has opened the application window for its Summer 2020 technology internship grant program for the establishment of paid engineering or media-technology internships at NAB member radio and television stations.

Solid State Logic (SSL) has released the latest version of its V2.3 System T broadcast production platform, a move it claims adds various benefits to the entire range of System T consoles; S500, S500m, S300 and TCR.

"Because it can be configured as both transmitter and receiver, this device offers a very convenient way to build a custom IP-based system. Integrators can swap out or in the device as needed to build a small or large distributed IP-based system," MuxLab says.

A media tech company focused on monitoring and workflow products is making a change at the top, giving its keys to Castles. That would be Dan Castles, who is one of the founders of Telestream and is returning to the California-based company.

Dielectric’s role as a key broadcast industry supplier of repack antennas continues, with the company already preparing shipments and installations for the final high-power phases. These include three Phase 8 projects for early 2020 in its home state of Maine, with one installation for Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation now completed and ready for air.

Next-generation TV measurement and analytics firm 605's Audience App, built for Charter Communications, has achieved service organization control 3, or “SOC 3,” compliance. Audience App uses anonymized and aggregated subscriber viewing data, combined with third-party consumer data, to target specific consumer attributes.

Tasked with forging new industry standards, Videoamp's new Chief Privacy and Legal Officer "will revolutionize the company’s global legal and privacy affairs, expand its base of clients and partnerships, and drive privacy compliance initiatives without compromising on quality in a dramatically changing legal environment," the company boasts. 

Through this integration, podcasters that utilize the Omny Studio platform can tag hosts, guests, producers, editors, and more involved in the production of a podcast - directly within the Omny Studio platform.  

Upgrading their long-serving automation and playout system in preparation for HD broadcasting, Granite Town Media in New Hampshire purchased a new Cablecast VIO multi-format video server with version 7.0 of the Cablecast broadcast automation software to efficiently bring content to both cable and cord-cutting audiences.

Privacy is still a major issue for users of voice control on any device, as well as among potential buyers of smart speakers. That's the key takeaway from a newly released voice control device study from Hub. Yet, more than 4 in 10 respondents own a smart speaker, and nearly all of them use it to interact with entertainment content.

In a major change, the NAB Show in Las Vegas will see its exhibit hall and program of panel discussions open on a Sunday. As such, GatesAir is moving its event schedule, and is hosting a pair of panel discussions on Saturday, April 18, at the Las Vegas Country Club that may be of interest to you or your team.