Veritone Shares Dip As Stock Offering Closes
Veritone, known by radio and TV industry C-Suiters as a provider cloud-based AI analytics and cognitive solutions, has closed its underwritten public offering. The stock offering, clearly designed to give Veritone more cash with which to operate, was met with a largely negative reaction from its stockholders.
TuneIn Tune Out For Entercom: Radio.com Gets Exclusive
Until now, Radio.com has been a bit of a laggard as a streaming audio portal. Created by CBS Radio as a home for its stations and select outside partners, it has never reached the growth and widespread brand strength of iHeartRadio's eponymous App. Meanwhile, TuneIn emerged as a major go-to point for audio streaming. Now, Entercom is doubling down on Radio.com by yanking its stations from TuneIn.
Sales Territory ‘Modifications’ Finalized For Utah
The specialist in routing switchers, master control switchers, and related control software has appointed a Northeast regional sales manager. At the same time, it has given its Director of International Sales oversight of the Midwest.
Viaccess-Orca, Wiztivi, and EKT Team On Cross-Platform OTT/IPTV Tool
A company known for providing OTT and TV platforms is teaming with the creator of multiscreen user interfaces and a company that specializes in the design and manufacture of set-top box solutions to create "an end-to-end" OTT multiscreen and IPTV tool for pay-TV operators and service providers.
ChyronHego Launches PRIME Graphics 3.0
Long Island-based ChyronHego has released the latest version of its universal graphics platform, PRIME Graphics 3.0. According to the tech company, it stacks "an array of diverse applications into a single design and playout solution."
SMPTE 2018 Annual Tech Conference, Expo Open For Registration
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers has opened registration for the SMPTE 2018 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition. There's a new venue for this year's L.A.-based event.
Kaltura Goes To Production On New TV Platform Player
Video technology provider Kaltura has unveiled a new version of the Kaltura TV Platform Player. The update involves a new web player and new versions of its native SDKs, developed specifically to provide viewers with "the ultimate cloud TV viewing experience."
Triton’s Spacial Audio Goes Mobile
Internet radio broadcast solutions provider Spacial Audio, acquired in 2009 by Triton Digital, has formally launched its SAM Broadcaster Cloud mobile app for both iOS and Android mobile devices. This enables broadcasters using the SAM Broadcaster Cloud to monitor and execute all aspects of station operations from their mobile device.
Four VPs and An International Post Planted For Gates
Five key executive-level management positions aimed at "maintaining aggressive global revenue growth and profitability" have been solidified at a company that has taken an aggressive role for both radio and TV in the post-spectrum auction repack process.
Audio Engine Updates Now Seen In Omnia.9
New Omnia.9 units are now shipping "with a major update to the audio engine." As The Telos Alliance sees it, this makes the device "sound better than ever."
Advanced TV Campaigns Get ‘Transparent’ Power Surge
Now available for marketers and broadcast TV's sales leaders: A program that gives agencies and advertisers the power to run advanced television campaigns against strategic audiences and get "total transparency" on media outputs, marketing outcomes, competitive insights and pricing.
Inovonics Brings ‘Listener Experience’ To SiteStreamer
Here's something from Inovonics that's designed to enhance remote monitoring of FM and HD Radio Channels through the dynamic web interface. The product lets users monitor up to 30 sources of FM and HD programming from a remote site over the Internet.
Data Plus Math, With A New Aspect
Television attribution, ROI and conversion metrics specialist Data Plus Math has entered into a preferred partner agreement with Verance Aspect, an open watermark technology selected as part of the ATSC 3.0 Next Gen TV Standard, to bring analytics and attribution measurement to broadcasters.
Gray Prepares For Digital, Media Tech Leadership Change
For more than 20 years, Jason Effinger has served in numerous news and operations positions at Gray Television stations across the country. He's also held several management positions. In the "coming weeks," Effinger will leave the company.
Top Honors For Corl From ATSC
The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has honored a Triveni Digital executive as the 2018 recipient of the organization’s highest technical honor, the Bernard J. Lechner Outstanding Contributor Award. The presentation capped the two-day ATSC NextGen TV Conference at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center, held in late May.