Tech Roundup

It was a centerpiece article in the Spring 2022 RBR + TVBR Special Report — a Pinellas County, Fla., production facility where streaming and broadcast media converge, thanks to tech advancement pioneered by CP Communications through its Red House Streaming operation. Now, their St. Petersburg headquarters has been fully transformed into a native IP production center.

Two new integrated production products designed to meet the demands of today’s hybrid, multi-format work environments have been released from Massachusetts-based tech firm Broadcast Pix.

The Netherlands-based global provider of Philips digital signage wants a bigger piece of the action in the broadcast television space, in particular in the U.S. and Canada. As such, it has just hired three AV industry professionals to help build its North American business.

It's a move a London-based technology company says automates essential processes for teams creating professional virtual graphics and in-camera VFX.

The program’s coordinator, Maria Duloquin, facilitated 20 90-minute competition-style events during NAB Show. The sessions brought together participants with diverse business and technology expertise to collaborate on solutions to common challenges facing the broadcast, media and technology industries. 

It's known for its line of TV transmitters, SFNs/gap fillers, exciters, gateways, signal processors and translators at all channels and all power levels. The company is Anywave...

Later this autumn, the parent company of HD Radio will separate its intellectual property (IP) business, making it a standalone operation. We now know who will be leading that forthcoming entity, to be known as Adeia.

The unanimous Commission approval is entirely the result of an effort pioneered by a wholly owned subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group that took eight months to progress from proposal to regulatory policy. And, Dielectric couldn't be happier. 

StreamGuys' choice for the role brings 15 years of business development, demand generation and strategic marketing experience to the Humboldt County, Calif., based streaming pioneer — along with what StreamGuys calls "a gift for transitioning businesses from technology to sales-focused organizations."

The live broadcast technology company has promoted an individual who played a key role in its implementation of dual feeds, the integration of "Super Slow-mo" across all of its mobile units, and the design, execution and rollout of the first 4K mobile unit offerings. He has also played a pivotal part in the implementation of Cloud Control, MTVG’s remote production product.

"We are thrilled to be working closely with Tieline to be able to provide quality end-to-end IP audio delivery solutions for our customers," says MaxxConnect head Josh Bohn.

The Nexstar Media Group television station with an all-news approach has a new Chief Engineer. He started his duties on Monday and will lead the engineering, operations and IT departments at KRON-4 in San Francisco.

The 2022 NAB Show wasn't the only conference that saw its return after three years, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ANGA GOM was back in Germany last weekend, and organizers are calling the event "successful and brilliant."

The window is open through June 15. The program is designed to train, inform and recruit a diverse workforce that meets the technology and engineering needs of the broadcast community.

RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson interviewed Ralph Bachofen, VP of Sales and Marketing at Triveni Digital, while attending the 2022 NAB Show in Las Vegas. His conversation can be heard in this freshly produced InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.  LISTEN HERE