Tech Roundup

Intraplex Ascent can now ingest and output multiple audio channels directly via IP without the need for conversion equipment, which adds a new layer of scale and efficiency for radio broadcasters managing many digital audio channels between studios.

Along with access to the majority of presentations originally planned for the 2021 NAB Show via VOD, viewers will receive access to the full set of papers compiled in the Proceedings of the 75th BEIT Conference.

Operated and managed by specialist audio and technology service provider The Useful Media Company, Cruise Radio offers vacationers an entertaining and informative mix of music and essential ship information. Thank "DAD" for making it all happen.

The digital audio advertising exchange "connecting brands with audiences at scale" across music, radio and podcasts has selected its new Chief Growth Officer for North America. It's a move that follows Les Hollander’s promotion to CEO of DAX North America earlier this year.   

A company focused on cloud-based workflow management and media distribution options for the advertising and entertainment industries — connecting media buyers to local, national, and cable TV broadcasters and to radio broadcasters — has entered into a partnership with independent Connected TV advertising and measurement platform Innovid.

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."