Tech Roundup

A Sioux Falls, S.D., broadcast equipment supplier with more than 70 years of experience in the industry intends to use IBC2022, where it will take booth 1.F72, to launch its new Centra Gateway, which it describes as "a comprehensive and holistic network orchestration system."

Combining live stream, podcast, and royalty reporting in a comprehensive analytics service, the new SGreports platform offers new dynamic visualization capabilities and data comparison tools. Faster query speeds are also designed provide media enterprises with deep, actionable insights about their content delivery and audiences.

Radio broadcast product supplier WorldCast Systems has brought to market a new generation of Ecreso FM transmitters. And, they'll get their global debut at IBC2022.

Mobile TV Group (MTVG) has a new Director of Operations, and it is the first female in company history to occupy this role. Getting the role is a 15-year company veteran, and she's tasked with operations oversight for MTVG’s Flex Series. These products are used for the live broadcast of sporting events for the NBA, NHL and MLB.

Making its European trade show debut, Michigan-based ENCO's cloud-native enCaption5 will be demonstrated, with a focus on new efficiencies and "powerful enhancements" for closed and open captioning, transcription, and translation. Here are the details.

Looking for a NEXTGEN TV and can't seem to find one, or a sales person that knows the difference between ATSC 3.0 compatibility and UHD or 4K? Here's something that might help educate both consumers and retailers, as Hisense has brought to market new NEXTGEN TV models with a bottom MSRP of $799.

It's now a subsidiary of Thomson Broadcast, but that hasn't changed its status as a global leader in wireless, over-the-air content delivery products for radio and TV broadcasters. Now, as GatesAir readies for the IBC2022 conference in Amsterdam, it has brought to market a new FM analog transmitter line.

It's a Columbia, Md., company recognized as a leading media technology and video transport product provider to a global client base. Now, LTN is welcoming a new Chief Technology Officer to its executive ranks. It's an individual who spent many years at ABC.

A Canadian company is debuting its auto commercial detection (ACD) product by pitching it as a tool that addresses a cumbersome challenge in the industry — how to do dynamic ad insertion without having SCTE because your playout does not support or have it. A remote production product is also getting its rollout, with both going to market at IBC 2022.

In late July, StreamGuys rolled out its programmatic ad services for broadcasters looking to improve their monetization and fill unsold ad inventory in their digital offerings. What led StreamGuys to dive in? Tyler Huggins, its Director of Advertising, sits in with Adam R Jacobson to share the details in this fresh RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM. LISTEN HERE

PILOT, the innovation arm of the NAB, is conducting a program with support of the Google News Initiative to improve direct-to-consumer audience engagement to better serve local audiences. The six-month program is designed to support broadcaster education as well as the implementation of first-party data and direct-to-consumer business models.

For drivers traversing the San Diego Freeway across the San Fernando Valley, the Anheuser-Busch plant on Roscoe Blvd. has become a familiar sight. Just south along Woodley Ave. is Van Nuys Airport and the Flyaway Bus Terminal. Amid all of this activity is the new West Coast outpost for a live event production tool manufacturer serving broadcasters from St. Petersburg, Fla.

One company is gearing up for IBC 2022 by preparing to show off the latest workflow advancements to its large-scale broadcast production platform, marketed as "System T." The Solid Stage Logic offering is designed for on-premises and remote audio production for news, sports and live production.

With strong momentum behind its efforts for open standards adoption in the broadcast industry, Macnica seeks to gain buzz for the release of new hardware and software demonstrations. This will be focused on SMPTE 2110 media streaming and the release of a new media streaming software development kit (SDK).

What does Quicklink have in store for the upcoming IBC 2022 show in Amsterdam? It plans to unveil a video production product expressly designed for creating professional virtual, in-person and hybrid events.