Tech Roundup

Thanks to a security engineer at Yuga Labs, a Sirius XM vulnerability that could have enabled a hacker to unlock a vehicle and even start up the engine remotely has been quickly addressed and fixed. The engineer discovered the startling security flaw when reviewing the satellite radio operation's connected vehicle services.

Spanish-language audio-description/captioning provided by Hearst Television unit Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG) and Telemundo has earned an award from the  American Council of the Blind (ACB).

He is a two-time Emmy Award winner in the Outstanding Technical Team Remote category, for his work on the 1998 Summer X Games and the 2002 Winter Olympics. Now, he's rising to the role of co-Regional Director for Engineering at Hearst Television as Joe Balkan is retiring.

The CW Network affiliate serving the Twin Cities is now broadcasting with a recently installed UHF antenna that "reevaluates the traditional stacked antenna array design and brings simplicity and long-term reliability to the broadcaster." That's the view of Dielectric, which this TV station owner ultimately decided to go with.

Why should your radio station participate in what Jacobs Media calls "Radio’s Largest Online Survey"? "Past surveys have enabled us to identify key digital trends including smart speakers and the rise of voice technologies, on-demand audio and video entertainment options like podcasts and Netflix, and the surge in social media usage," the consultancy says.

Wondering how English- and Arabic-speaking broadcasters and filmmakers can best discover and license the footage they need in their preferred language — something perhaps of immediate need giving the 2022 FIFA World Cup men's soccer tournament currently underway in Doha, Qatar? Veritone has helped give birth to a new solution.

The awards honor contributions in digital leadership, broadcast engineering and technology innovation, and will be presented during the 2023 NAB Show, scheduled for April 15-19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Users of the platform will be able to use the scheduling and results of major sporting events to create up-to-the-minute audio ads or content. Here are the details.

For a California Representative and a Massachusetts Senator, there's hope proposed legislation that would help sight-impaired and deaf TV viewers will get approved within the remaining weeks of the 117th Congress.

Over four days, attendees listened to more than 35 media professionals and attended more than 65 informational sessions to learn valuable skills and techniques to take back to their media organizations at colleges and universities across the country.

Given the response and interest they’ve had to their exclusive tours for radio broadcasters at the Consumer Electronics Show, Paul and Fred Jacobs of Jacobs Media are "seriously considering" adding a third tour.

The exclusive global provider of Philips digital signage, interactive displays, direct view LED and professional TV products and solutions is welcoming a new Commercial VP for North America.

Its mission: to provide a standards-based, open, end-to-end, nationwide, wireless, IP, multicast network. Introducing Scottsdale, Ariz.-based PEAK3, which has created an alternative data highway designed to offer organizations who operate a high volume of edge devices a secure and efficient pathway to deliver critical information to their network.

Like any other publicly traded company, a conference call for analysts and investors was held. It was during this call that Xperi Corp. revealed that its DTS AutoStage has won four new automotive brands. Meanwhile, supply chain challenges continue for HD Radio.

When it came time to finalize REMI production and streaming services for the Ohlmeyer Kusserow Group (OKG), a production company that specializes in sports broadcasts, during its production of two LPGA events in September, a St. Petersburg, Fla.-headquartered operation gaining recognition for its live event services was selected.