Tech Roundup

The Texas Association of Broadcasters' TAB Show begins Wednesday (8/5), with two days of panel sessions and an exposition that includes the presence of a New York-headquartered company that for 50 years has attracted broadcasters for its video and, more recently, its fiber optic systems.

USSI Global has promoted from within to fill the role of VP of Revenue Operations. This company veteran is tasked with leading initiatives focused on enhancing billing accuracy, customer services needs, operational efficiencies and developing scalable processes.

VMX is server-based and web browser accessible for mixing in any environment on a variety of devices. It can be installed on an existing server or a dedicated appliance and offers a selection of mixer tiles.

Violet Audio has announced the addition of a built-in Model Context Protocol (MCP) server to its dMix 128 Digital Mixer platform, further expanding the system’s ability to integrate with software applications, control systems, automation platforms, and emerging AI-assisted workflows.

Some 31 days after California's streaming loudness legislation was enacted, the law is already marking a turning point in how the industry thinks about audio consistency, viewer experience, and regulatory accountability in the OTT era. Costa Nikols of Telos Alliance offers a special report on the matter.

A Montréal-headquartered provider of real-time video network and visual collaboration products is placing a spotlight on its video transport platform and its mobile video transmitter at the upcoming IBC 2026 conference scheduled for the same weekend as the Jewish New Year.

Philippe Guerinet, Director of International Sales at Solid State Logic, comments, "By building our solid and long-term relationship and their distribution infrastructure in Italy, this team of professionals will serve our Italian customers at the highest standard, while maintaining a strong and direct relationship with SSL headquarters in Oxford."

Tasked with producing and directing the live broadcast for a major U.S. sports broadcaster on behalf of client Horizon Sports & Experiences and GSE Worldwide, OKG once again turned to TNDV for technical production support. The partnership dates to 2010.

It is a Class C2 FM serving a big college town with a cavalcade of community programming that on Friday ranged from a pre-Shabbat Jewish Spectrum hour to a two-hour sunset block dedicated to the Grateful Dead. It now serves Columbia, Mo., a little clearer thanks to the successful deployment of a new transmitter.

On July 22, the FCC moved ahead with rules establishing the auction of 160 MHz of spectrum in the Upper C-Band by July of next year. A 35-year-old Space Coast broadcast technology company is at the ready to help radio and TV companies navigate what is shaping up to be one of the most complex media transport transitions to date.

You may not be familiar with the brand, because you live in the U.S. Elsewhere, BYD has built itself a reputation as a go-to brand for electric vehicles manufactured in China.  Thanks to a just-minted deal with Xperi Inc., all BYD vehicles will make Xperi's in-car media platform an exclusive choice across all models and trims.

For those in Cleveland that have access to NEXTGEN TV signals via a TV set equipped with the tools needed to receive the ATSC 3.0-powered digital transmissions or recently introduced dongle devices bringing richer picture and better sound without streaming and internet bills, Nexstar Media Group is now delivering content you may wish to tune to.

The Savannah Bananas have quickly built a global reputation by electing to play baseball by its own rules. With coverage on a multitude of broadcast and cable TV channels, the team’s production arm elected Calrec to deliver a home run with a flexible broadcast infrastructure built to match its ambition.

When it came to selecting a tech product to bring to audiences live coverage of the "Unity Concert for America," Philadelphia's Independence Day celebration celebrating America 250, the ABC Owned Stations property serving the Cradle of Liberty went with an offering on the market for one year. 

IBC 2026 isn't until September 11 in Amsterdam, but one longtime U.S.-based designer and manufacturer of pro broadcast audio equipment under a trio of brand names is already looking forward to the event, where it will demonstrate its VMX virtual mixing platform.