Tech Roundup

New York-based Frequency relies on data from a variety of third party providers — such as location, weather, time, device type and content that’s being listened to — to build personalized audio ads. Now, Frequency is getting an infusion of Dollorydoos, if you will, as one of Australia's largest radio broadcasting companies is now a minority investor.

RBR+TVBR is presently welcoming the broadcast technology community to communicate directly with key decision makers across the radio and television businesses in our first-ever Winter 2021 Special Report. With this in mind, we chat with Multidyne executive Jesse Foster to learn more about what lies ahead in 2022 for the company in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM. LISTEN HERE

The new integration, the Comcast-owned entity says, will provide a way for media owners and sellers who use FreeWheel’s publisher technology for management and optimization of their own inventory to access additional premium TV and video inventory directly through FreeWheel.

With a goal of "powering up the in car audio streaming experience for consumers," TuneIn has inked an arrangement with a major automotive part manufacturer that could make it as front-and-center as Sirius XM, AM and FM are on the in-dash audio entertainment system. 

Broadcast media industry sales technology provider Marketron has launched a new product suite designed to leverage open APIs, connectors and custom integrations. This, Marketron says, gives its customers the ability to consolidate disparate data sources — including linear, O&O and third-party digital advertising systems — into a single ecosystem.

The awards recognize "significant and promising new products and technologies" that were set to be displayed for the first time at the previously canceled 2021 NAB Show.

Broadcast audio consortium Telos Alliance has brought to market Podcast Audio Processing Software. And, the company considers the OmniaTools offering to be an "enterprise-class toolset that gives podcasters everything they need to deliver listenable audio with a consistently prominent sound."

Ad software firm Viant and convergent TV advertising platform Beachfront have integrated Beachfront’s linear and connected TV inventory into Viant’s Adelphic software. With the integration, Adelphic becomes the first demand-side platform (DSP) to support Beachfront’s linear TV inventory, which is enabled for real-time bidding.

A subscription-free, ad-supported national streaming video service backed by Gray Television has signed what it calls "major agreements" with eight station groups and independent TV station owners. The deal brings local programming and content from 71 over-the-air stations to the VUit platform.

PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips digital signage, LED, and pro TV products, software, and innovations, revealed at the recent InfoComm 21 conference that the Philips X-Line UHD videowall series in now available to customers across the U.S. and Canada.

Audio creative research and analytics firm Veritonic has added "brand lift" to its platform’s campaign reporting capabilities. What does this mean for Veritonic clients?

GatesAir has introduced an embedded software update that adds professional ten-band audio processing software from ATC Labs, a specialist in audio compression and processing technologies, within two recently announced GatesAir Intraplex single and multi-channel transport products.

Radio syndication company Key Networks has partnered with Summit Technology Group to bring "an advanced routine and emergency weather reporting system" to radio stations for no additional barter.

In mid-September, Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned Dielectric first shared how the company literally changed how FM broadcast antenna manufacturers validate directional pattern studies for new FM broadcast antennas. This led Dielectric to submit a Petition for Rulemaking with the FCC. With the Commission's October Open Meeting, it moved forward. Introducing MB Docket 21-422.

A television station owned by the parent company of the MeTV Network and The CW Network affiliate in the nation's third-largest market recently signed off on the acquisition of several camcorders to improve the quality -- and flexibility -- of its broadcast operations. The equipment is now in place at the Weigel Broadcasting stations serving a market to the north of Chicago, where it owns the CBS affiliate.