Tech Roundup

ARK, led by CEO and co-founder Joshua Weiss, joined the industry forum comprised of leading companies from the online video ecosystem to further their development and use of the new television standard ATSC 3.0.

In 1972, broadcast equipment manufacturer Inovonics opened its doors. It was initially financed and has been wholly owned by Jim Wood, and his immediate family, across the last 50 years. Now, Wood, who stepped into retirement 16 years ago, is giving up his stake in Inovonics.

A California-based digital media technology company is preparing to demonstrate its portfolio of products designed to "empower production and post production teams, operations personnel, and engineers to ensure the highest quality customer experience while providing maximum business value" at September's IBC 2022 conference and expo. What can attendees in Amsterdam expect from Telestream?

With broadcast, post production, recording studios and live sound rapidly transitioning to IP Audio, the need for monitoring and diagnostic solutions have increased accordingly in recent years. Nixer Pro Audio, a U.K.-based company specializing in AoIP, will show off its wares at the upcoming IBC 2022 conference in Amsterdam.

Media ad sales technology services firm Marketron has brought to market a tool designed to gauge a return on investment for marketers and media buyers interested in free-to-air broadcast television when finalizing their planning and budgets.

The organization known as the Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance, representing both low-power television and Over-the-Top entities, has submitted comments to the FCC in response to its fifth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the subject of the continued use of VHF Channel 6 for radio operations linked to 87.75 MHz. What does the ATBA have to say to the Commission? "FM6" rules are being strongly supported by the group.

Integration of the data "will enable the Sinclair Broadcast Group to reach real-world customers and qualified prospects effectively and efficiently through consumer-based selling," Comscore boasts. The multi-year agreement was announced on Wednesday.

For many in the U.S., Sinclair Broadcast Group is viewed as the owner of broadcast TV stations and the parent of Bally Sports regional sports networks. But, Sinclair is perhaps the one free-to-air TV station owner that's done more to advance ATSC 3.0 in the U.S. than its peers. Now, Sinclair has taken another step designed to further the development and implementation of NextGen TV not only stateside, but in South Korea.

Scheduled for September 9-12 in Amsterdam, Velocix will introduce at IBC a new CDN Broker product that dynamically routes video streams over public and private CDNs based on configurable business rules.

WorldCast Systems, the supplier of radio broadcast products, has brought to market the newest APT IP Codec. It's being heralded as a big evolution, thanks to its enhanced APT range.

WorldCast CONNECT has brought to market software release 4.7 of Kybio, its unified, vendor-agnostic NMS for media and broadcast. The release provides a host of new features to simplify day-to-day monitoring and improve user experience and workflow efficiency, the company says.

A self-described serial entrepreneur in the broadband wireless and satellite communications industry with a degree in theology has chosen Bend, Ore., as the locale for "the most comprehensive test, demonstration, and market trial to date of a Broadcast Internet franchise." Vern Fotheringham's Auton is leading the trials.

Media and entertainment tech firm Amino and Innovative Systems have teamed up to bring to market an integrated Android TV managed service offering. This is poised to bring a wider variety of content to a diverse population of subscribers. The tech combination can provide a carrier-grade system with a modern user experience for linear and streaming content while supporting legacy Pay TV infrastructures, giving independent service providers a cost-efficient, competitive edge, the companies state.

SpectraBand gives the A20-RX receiver and A20-Mini transmitter a tuning range from 470 MHz - 1525 MHz. The A20-RX also features high-discrimination front end filtering for better performance in noisy RF environments and Frequency AutoAssign for faster setup. The receiver is compatible with both A20-Mini and A10-TX transmitters.

Version 3.3 adds significant new video format support for post production applications beyond broadcast television, faster switching of IP inputs, Dolby ED2 metadata support, and more to an already extensive collection of IP and SDI measurement tools, Nevada-based Telestream boasts.