Tech Roundup

The award acknowledges "outstanding technological innovation within the radio and digital audio space." To be considered, the product or service had to have been introduced to the industry in the last year.

For decades, the former Arbitron put the Howard County, Md., city of Columbia on the map as a broadcast company rich in technology and research. Now, a slightly different broadcast technology company based in the city seeks to do the same for Columbia, as the media tech and video transport product producer ups four individuals to key positions as part of a "growth-oriented and customer-focused business strategy."

In 1999, a Flushing, N.Y.-based operation was founded to provide a higher level of mobile television production to broadcast and corporate organizations worldwide. When the company recently needed to upgrade from 1080i cameras to 1080p with 3G-SDI connectivity, it chose SK-HD1800 studio and field production cameras from Hitachi Kokusai Electric America Ltd.

It's a move Dutch-based broadcast technology company Adthos, led by CEO Raoul Wedel, explains is being done to expand its dynamic capabilities. More than 75 new APIs have been introduced into the ad personalization tool.

CP Communications, the St. Petersburg, Fla.-based live event productions company keeping a watchful eye on Hurricane Ian, is sharing the success it recently enjoyed by supporting HRP Live, a production company that works primarily in the fitness space. Thanks to CP, HRP Live's coverage of the 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games at Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisc., was seamless.

It's a Humboldt County streaming and podcast tool designer and distributor that's developed a worldwide customer base. Now, StreamGuys is promoting two staff members to Vice President roles while selecting a Director of Customer Success, a key sales role.

Dielectric has just released a product that it believes elevates its high-power, single-channel applications and adjacent channel combining capabilities. And, it involves a new Single-Mode Filter.

NewsON, a OTT streaming service for local news content largely used of late by Sinclair Broadcast Group, is welcoming a new group of O&O television stations to its platform, which competes against VUit and, to an extent, Haystack News.

The first IBC conference in three years is now history, and it was a good event for Perth, Australia-based codec manufacturer Tieline. The global broadcast tech company, which services many U.S. clients, earned a "RedTech Best in Show Award" for one of its key offerings at this year's event. 

"Gagl could be used as the hub for a news program or for a morning radio show to support multiple simultaneous contributor connections," Comrex says. "Because it offers low latency, it’s appropriate for call-in talk radio. Gagl could also be used to allow a single contributor to connect back to the studio from a computer or smartphone."

It's a company known for its visualization technology products. Now, it has brought to market a new family of indoor fine pixel pitch LED video wall displays, which the company says are of interest to broadcasters seeking a strong on-camera visual performance.

Picture this: Your assignment editor for the nightly newscast needs images of people eating pizza, or perhaps President Biden eating pizza. How difficult could that task be? A new partnership between Mobius Labs and Nomad Media is designed to make it easier.

Köln, Germany-based RTW Audio has introduced a new AoIP-focused monitor controller with onboard metering features. The company rolled out the new product at IBC 2022, and says it is a tool ready to integrate seamlessly with Audinate Dante audio-over-IP networks.

Now a subsidiary of France-based Thomson Broadcast, GatesAir is working on a modernization project squarely focused on the national FM radio infrastructure in a country increasingly popular with tourists from around the globe that was once a part of Yugoslavia.

Nomono, the Trondheim, Norway-based developer of audio recording and collaboration products designed to assist both podcasters and journalists tell "immersive audio stories," has closed a multimillion-dollar investment round led by Schibsted Ventures.