Tech Roundup

Comet TV, the digital multicast science fiction and horror network launched in late 2015 through a joint partnership between Sinclair Television Group and MGM, can now be viewed by way of a brand-new app for Apple TV and Roku.

OCTOPUS Newsroom, a producer of computer newsroom systems, is planning to demonstrate the full feature set of its Octopus 8 newsroom at the 2017 NAB Show in Las Vegas.

Attendees of the 2017 NAB Show will get the first look at new video features in StreamGuys' cloud-based SGrecast live stream repurposing platform. The features officially usher audio podcast recording capabilities to the video domain.

Designed to simplify and aggregate control of several Telos Alliance devices, broadcasters may wish to use this tool to manage user rights for device access, linking a user's profile to his or her needs and access privileges.

VITEC, the advanced video encoding and streaming solutions company, is ready to demonstrate what it's calling the industry's first broadcast-grade integrated IPTV and digital signage...

The provider of real-time multimedia delivery solutions has appointed a new New York-based National Sales Manager/Broadcast. This individual comes to Artel with nearly 20 years of sales experience in the media, transport, and IPTV markets.

If your radio station is looking for a new cloud-based CRM designed to streamline sales, traffic and production, all it may take is a little "influence." Envision is just the company to assist.

After more than six months of teases, the first ever on-demand streaming option from Pandora is finally set for its official roll-out. The Oakland, Calif.-based streaming audio company announced early Monday that Pandora Premium will officially launch this week. Here's how Pandora is handling the long-awaited launch.

MediAnswers, known for its development of products and processes for individuals on the "sell side" of the broadcast media business, has just expanded its expertise on the "buy side" of the media business by hiring a new VP/Agency Solutions.

If you're a David Bowie fan, you're going to love the name of the newest broadcast watermark analyzer and monitor on the market, courtesy of The Telos Alliance. The company leading the charge into an ATSC 3.0 world has just launched the 25-Seven TVC-15, being marketed as "a modulation monitor for watermarking."

Joseph Electronics will be putting its Tote Caddie series of portable fiber-optic signal-acquisition systems for ENG, SNG, and other outside broadcast (OB) applications front and center at the 2017 NAB Show.

ENCO is again expanding its enCloud suite, and the tech firm says 2017 NAB Show attendees will have access to its WebDAD, "an even richer and fully virtualized toolset to remotely access and control the studio-based ENCO DAD radio automation systems."

As broadcasters continue to migrate to all-software environments and standard off-the-shelf IT technologies, including virtualized server environments, ChryronHego is ensuring its array of products meets the growing demand of TV industry engineers.

Of the many key takeaways presented Thursday by Edison Research and Triton Digital in their co-hosted Infinite Dial 2017 webinar on digital media consumer behavior, none stood out more than where Pandora stands today as a source for new music and how it is consumed on a weekly basis. The trends aren't good, whereas Spotify and traditional AM and FM radio stations are holding their own.

Mark June 21, 2017 on your calendars if you plan on flying to Munich, Germany, to learn the latest about digital audio and the "connected car." Car makers and their suppliers will get to meet broadcasters from across Europe at WorldDAB Automotive 2017.