Tech Roundup

It is designed to remove the infrastructure and networking complexity behind live media workflows, and it enjoyed its world premiere at the recent IBC2026 conference in Amsterdam. Introducing abbe, an AI-based broadcast engineer — courtesy of swXtch.io.

Yaman Coskun, the longtime radio industry creative specialist, has taken a post at BionicVO as part of an arrangement that sees his company become the exclusive business development partner for the company founded by Oink Ink Radio creator Dan Price.

As 2026 comes to an end, the co-founder and longtime Chief Operating Officer at the digital advertising technology and services company will step away from day-to-day duties while remaining on the Board of Directors. That sees the appointment of a "veteran product and technology" executive to serve as COO.

IBC2026 is now history, and among the products to go to market for the first time at the international tech expo and conference held in Amsterdam is a new production tool fueled by Artificial Intelligence that cuts the time spent on video editing and content repurposing.

Boulder, Colo.-based Auddia Inc. has agreed to a strategic partnership that meshes its artist promotion platform and a UK-based music tech platform that "allows independent artists and labels to upload their music and match with professionally produced 4k music video content."

The NAB BEIT Conference brings together media technologists, broadcast engineers, IT developers, researchers, manufacturers, consultants and technical leaders responsible for the systems powering modern media. Serving as BEIT Planning Committee Chair is Graham Media Group Director of Emerging Technologies Adam Simpson.

The broadcast standards association is being honored with a 2026 Technology & Engineering Emmy Award by the NATAS for its "pioneering development" of next-generation TV broadcasting standards that establish the industry’s first fully IP-based broadcast standard to reach commercial scale.

Telos Alliance has set its sights on the international marketplace for its newest line of products devoted to "audio observability," and the annual IBC Show in Amsterdam, which starts Friday (9/11), will shine a major spotlight on the offerings.

Telos Alliance will introduce a major expansion of the Jünger Audio flexAI audio processing platform at IBC 2026. The flexAI system adds autonomous live mixing, new 12G-SDI and NDI connectivity, and integration with TVU MediaMesh to its mix of audio-handling tools.

Broadcast technology firm Typical Media Group has brought to market a software broadcast audio processor designed around a new adaptive processing architecture for FM, HD Radio, AM, DAB+ and streaming applications.

MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems will introduce the MDoG-8800 at IBC2026, extending its next-generation openGear portfolio with a high-density fiber transport solution for 12G-SDI and 4K/8K workflows. 

Aiir has introduced automatic music log scheduling and exporting to Aiir Scheduler, its web-based music scheduling system. This empowers radio stations to generate a music log and deliver it to their playout system on a recurring schedule, without any human intervention.

Mediaproxy, known for software-based IP compliance monitoring and multiviewing products, is heading to Amsterdam armed with new updates to its compliance monitoring products. This includes the latest version of the LogServer analysis and logging platform and the new Monwall Web interactive multiviewer.

RCS, the iHeartMedia-controlled broadcast software entity, intends to showcase several major product innovations at IBC2026, which begins on September 11 in Amsterdam with a bevy of U.S.-based companies ready to expand their global business aspirations.

MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems is heading into IBC2026 in Amsterdam with MRMC (MultiDyne Robotics Motion Control) within its organization for the first time. For attendees, visitors will find a dedicated MRMC presence complementing MultiDyne’s separate convention floor home.