Tech Roundup

Broadcast audio processing company Orban has brought to market its new OPTIMOD XPN-Enterprise ecosystem. The company describes the product as an "an easy-to-use, customizable Linux-based processing platform for multiple broadcast stations or streaming services, with centralized control."

One of the leading privately held radio and outdoor media companies in the Pacific Rim has licensed Veritone, Inc.'s AI-driven application that brings real-time insights into data-driven advertising performance.

A programmatic technology provider for the digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising segment has extended OpenRTB integrations to include audio-only out-of-home opportunities to marketers. Is this another worry for radio, as this targets retail audio alternatives for shoppers?

The broadcast media inventory and revenue workflow management company known as WideOrbit has just released a "Total Radio Solution" it believes can bring radio station groups improved efficiencies, cost reductions and, ultimately, higher revenue across the entire ecosystem.

ST Engineering iDirect’s broadcast technology has been selected by USSI Global, the provider of customized network, broadcast and digital signage systems and services worldwide, to enable the modernization and compression of satellite programmers’ distribution uplinks to comply with the FCC's C-band spectrum transition.

The company getting notice for its technology that empowers "dynamic visuals" to radio broadcasts has just signed up Cox Media Group as its latest clients. Already, Cox's radio stations are using the Steve Newberry-led company's patented web-based software to publish synched messages on vehicle dashboards.

Over two days, the Quicklink team in Wales will offer a first-look at the Quicklink Virtual Event Production Solution. It offers "professional, high-quality guest contributions, build and create a professional production, and broadcast to multiple physical, digital and social destinations – all on your own hardware or cloud instance," the U.K.-based company says.

Simplifying cloud-based production. That's a key focus of a virtual technology portal that will serve as a primary connectivity point for learning about the latest enhancements to Evertz's BRAVO Studio cloud-based control room.

Sierra Wireless' 5G New Radio (NR) module has been integrated by AVIWEST, a provider of live and recorded video contribution systems, into its mobile video encoders. This, the companies say, is designed to help broadcasters remotely stream HD video from live sporting and other events.

Radio imaging and voiceover company Benztown has entered into an agreement with a web design and development company serving radio since 2001 to offer its technology platform "to enhance radio stations’ digital presence, while increasing revenue opportunities for stations."

Add St. Louis to the market roster of locales where ATSC 3.0-powered NEXTGEN TV is now available to those who have a television set capable of receiving the next-generation broadcast TV signals.

The company gaining attention for its ability to add "dynamic visuals" to in-car dashboard radios, has struck a partnership with Skyview Networks designed to drive research and revenue growth.

On September 9, a resource management software manufacturer serving the broadcast, studio, media services and video transmission industries planned to launch the Version 10 update of one of its more widely used products at the 2021 NAB Show in Las Vegas. With the event cancelled, where does this leave Xytech? "We are going 100% ahead," it says.

The South Korean company highly involved in NEXTGEN TV's rollout has announced new interoperability for its virtualized ATSC 3.0 broadcast gateway. This achievement enables ATSC 3.0 signals to be integrated with AWS Elemental Media Services and AWS Elemental Live to help accelerate ATSC 3.0 station deployments and open up OTT program distribution.

According to Davide Nossa, Product Manager at Barix, the Exstreamer M400 boasts a next-generation hardware platform with greater processing power, enhanced security features, and increased extensibility, alongside expanded support for audio formats and technology standards including Opus and AES67.