Tech Roundup

Used by some 1,700 media entities and 10,000 radio stations, Counterpoint provides an end-to-end business operating system for audio networks handling more than $1.5 billion in advertising revenue and more than 4 million commercials per week. Counterpoint founders Jim Foley and Dick Levine will continue in advisory roles.

A new PwC report puts the spotlight on in-car technology, and the importance of smartphone integration with their dashboard

Here's something of top interest to broadcast television executives planning to attend the 2018 NAB Show. ENCO is heading to Las Vegas with a wide array of new features in its award-winning MOM (Media Operations Manager) system. According to ENCO, these additions "deepen its integration with third-party solutions while addressing the accelerating transition to IP in today’s television operations."

Here is Chairman Wheeler’s statement:

Thanks to "AM revitalization" and their use to bring HD radio channels to the masses, the FM translator has become a valued assets for many small and independent broadcasters. Among them is Rahul Walia. He's now the owner of an operation that is about to make history in New York.

The news comes as stock pick pro Motley Fool says it has "little reason to believe in the company's future."

The first IBC conference in three years is now history, and it was a good event for Perth, Australia-based codec manufacturer Tieline. The global broadcast tech company, which services many U.S. clients, earned a "RedTech Best in Show Award" for one of its key offerings at this year's event. 

Massachusetts-based digital media, monitoring and workflow tech company Telestream has bolstered its senior leadership team by adding a SVP/Chief Sales Officer to its ranks. He's a Dalet vet who most recently led the Americas sales organization for Avid Technology.

At IBC2021, Digital Nirvana was to be present at Stand 7.A08. There, the company planned to show off its Trance cloud-based transcription, captioning, and translation workflow; highlight the newest updates to MetadataIQ, its SaaS-based metadata-generation platform; and MonitorIQ, an AI-driven compliance logging and monitoring tool. Now, Digital Nirvana will be using alternative methods for showing off its products.

Known as Studio B, the new area can accommodate a four-person interview set and produce a full 16:9 chromakey shot. Red House Steaming completed the renovations to Studio B in about three weeks and began using the chromakey set in mid-July.

The consortium was honored for the development of Synchronized Multi-channel Uncompressed Audio Transport over IP Networks, to be presented at the 2020 NAB Show on April 19 in Las Vegas.