Tech Roundup

Video watermark technology is newly a part of Verance's Aspect platform, and the video watermark provides a high-performance, commercial implementation of the ATSC video watermark specification.

The E.W. Scripps Co.-owned digital audio and podcast technology arm known as Triton Digital has reached an agreement that brings its programmatic platform to the Rubicon Project digital ad exchange. 

Members of the Advanced Television Systems Committee have elected four "experienced industry executives" to serve on the ATSC Board of Directors for three-year terms that begin in January 2020. Concurrently, two directors were appointed to the ATSC board by their respective professional associations.

The FCC’s chief technology officer serves as the senior technology expert in the agency. The individual selected for the role will formally succeed Dr. Eric Burger, who has been serving at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy since October. The new CTO's first day at the FCC is set for Jan. 13, 2019.

SaaS-based streaming and podcast solutions provider StreamGuys has launched a "significant new version" of its SGplayer HTML5-based multimedia player. Enhancements in SGplayer 3.0 include a fully redesigned user interface; greater continuity between desktop and mobile experiences; and additional CCPA compliance tools for media enterprises leveraging targeted advertising.

As more broadcasters transition to IP, the production switchers market is rising in value. According to this latest report from Futuresource Consulting, it is on track to exceed $250 million in 2019.

TownNews has released a new audience acquisition and retention platform that enables publishers, broadcasters, and digital-native media organizations to precisely tailor their conversion funnels using machine learning and proven industry best practices.

Comrex is now shipping ACCESS MultiRack, its new rackmount multi-channel IP audio codec. ACCESS MultiRack occupies 1RU, and it can handle up to five full-duplex IP audio connections simultaneously.

The fast-growing digital multicast news network focused on non-stop newscasts has a new look. It's thanks to the debut of the first of a group of new studios constructed for NewsNet, concluding a seven-month project giving the network "a flexible new set."

WIREWAX is welcoming custom app development and management platform Applicaster as a new technology partner, a pact "further expanding the accessibility and application of on-brand interactive experiences for a continually diversifying range of audiences."

He joined ONE Media 3.0 in August 2016 as its Sr. Director for Advanced Projects. Now, the wholly owned subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group is promoting this NEXT GEN TV leader to the role of VP for Advanced Technology.

Now available to TV journalists in the heart of the Nation's Capital, one block from the White House: a full-service multimedia center with editing services designed to enable digital, television, radio, and podcast production for associations, businesses and organizations of all sizes.   

Americans’ connectivity cravings are driving consumer appetites for 5G, home automation and more control of their personal data as we head into 2020. That's a key takeaway from a new Deloitte survey that TV broadcasters spending millions on NEXT GEN TV upgrades may want to read.

Broadcast tech company Dalet has signed what it is calling "a landmark deal with a prominent North American broadcaster" to build its next-generation, borderless multi-platform newsroom. Dalet's client wasn't revealed, but signs point to an all-News operation.