Tech Roundup

A Denver-based tech company focused on digital content licensing, rights and clearances for the TV industry has been snapped up by the Costa Mesa, Calif.-based purveyor of a SaaS-based operating systems for AI that's increasingly getting noticed by both radio and television industry programming and sales leaders

Entercom recently scorned a highly popular streaming audio hub by yanking its stations from the popular platform in an effort to raise awareness and use of its Radio.com. Cumulus Media just took the opposite approach.

If customers like data portability and companies want to provide it, then it’s a win-win. But legislating portability in the name of enhancing competition is problematic and far more complicated than policymakers may realize, AEI visiting scholar and FCC influencer Mark Jamison writes in this column.

For the last 20 years, John Casey was known among radio broadcasting engineers and technology specialists as the publisher of Radio World. Most recently, he held the title of Group Publisher of the Media, Entertainment and Technology sector at the new owner of NewBay Media, Future plc. It turns out that Casey's future won't involve Future.

In September 2017, an FM radio station in one of Europe's biggest markets switched to a commercially licensed Classic Rock presentation from what had been a "training radio" station for young, aspiring radio industry professionals. To help build advertiser awareness and deliver strong ROI, it partnered with AdsWizz on a ShakeMe audio ad. How were the results?

Here's something that the nation's No. 1 owner of AM and FM radio stations declares will "dramatically improve the digital streaming experience for millions of music fans." What has iHeartMedia just launched? It's "the industry's first AI technology that understands the nuances of music."

Syncbak, a creator of the technology that powers live OTT, will hold a panel discussion about monetizing OTT on Wednesday afternoon (8/8) with leading experts. Can't be there in person? Not to worry. There's a live stream available across various digital devices.

The world’s largest digital audio advertising platform has launched its strategic sales division in the U.S. An executive once with Horizon Media and Triton Digital has been hired to lead the division as Director of Sales and Partnership Development.

TV data company Alphonso has introduced the second generation of Alphonso Insights, its self-serve dashboard for real-time TV ad analytics and closed-loop attribution. The service now includes several major new features and data sets that are designed to help marketers better understand TV ad efficacy, for any brand, over any time frame.

Nearly one year since Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, many TV stations remain dark due to widespread destruction of the country’s infrastructure and power grid. To help broadcasters resume broadcast services to local communities and meet accelerated repack deadlines, Dielectric expedited antenna orders to Puerto Rican TV stations impacted by the storms.

For years, the 107.9 MHz signal serving the Windy City has had penetration issues inside The Loop, due to high-rise buildings and other infrastructure blocking the station licensed to Aurora, Ill., from fully reaching listeners across much of Chicago. Now, the current owner of the station on that frequency has a solution, thanks to the adoption of MaxxCasting technology created and owned by GeoBroadcast Solutions.

If you use the SGrecast live stream repurposing, rebroadcasting and podcast management system or have contemplated adding it to your broadcast station, now may be the time to make a plan of action. New audio transcription features will make their European debut at IBC2018, and California-based StreamGuys is making a big promo push for the update.

A San Francisco Bay Area tech company focused on delivery IPTV solutions to the smallest of MVPDs has just forged a relationship with upward of 50 communications companies across the U.S. The deal brings the MOBITV Connect platform to some 1 million cable TV subscribers across the U.S.

SeaChange International has made "a significant deployment" of its new cFlow video solutions portfolio with Atlantic Broadband. The new IP VOD service is now available in Atlantic Broadband’s Connecticut, New Hampshire and Maine service areas, with deployments planned for other markets including Miami Beach, Fla., by year’s end.

On July 16, Gray Television broke ground on a new 30,000 square foot facility that will house the CBS, NBC, MyNetworkTV, The CW Network and Antenna TV stations serving the Augusta, Ga., market. While that facility is expected to be completed in late 2019, Gray has just celebrated the opening of a brand-new facility housing its two stations in a South Dakota market.