Tech Roundup

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.

Codec manufacturer Tieline  has announced a new firmware release for Gateway and Gateway 4 codecs supporting RAVENNA, used widely by broadcasters around the world to advertise and discover streams when streaming real-time IP audio.

In response to the rapidly growing immersive audio market and growth of the Dolby Atmos format in film, television, gaming, and music production, a Finnish loudspeaker manufacturer has brought to market an amplifier designed specifically for the needs of multi-channel workflows.

The new executive has more than 12 years of experience in the radio industry and has successfully managed multiple commercial teams across Great Britain. In fact, Smith spent much of his career with iHeartMedia investor Global, becoming the youngest Commercial Director at the time.

Media workflow solutions provider vCreative is welcoming one of the nation's biggest Hispanic -focused media and marketing technology companies to its family. That's because Babson Park, Fla.-based vCreative has completed its deployment of vPPO, the company's cloud-based software for radio and digital.

In partnership with Telos Alliance, Grass Valley is releasing Telos Infinity VIP (Virtual Intercom Platform) on GV AMPP (Agile Media Processing Platform), a professional intercom tool for cloud-based media production workflows.

Digital Nirvana, a provider of media monitoring and metadata generation services, is preparing for the release of the newest version of its AI-driven compliance logging and monitoring product.

Celebro Media, a provider of live TV services to broadcasters around the world, has partnered with Quicklink as part of their new global studio project. Quicklink’s ST500 (Studio-in-a-box) solution has been chosen to provide contribution facilities across Celebro’s televisions studio spaces.

The innovation initiative of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), has announced two winners of the 2021 PILOT Innovation Challenge. Winners will receive relevant mentorship, feedback, travel support and exhibit space at the 2021 NAB Show, held October 9-13 in Las Vegas.

Cleanfeed, a collaboration tool for high definition, live audio and recording in a browser, is now offering enhanced studio tools to the marketplace. The U.K.-based company says this amounts to improving the service for podcasters and broadcasters on a global level.

Blonder Tongue Laboratories, a designer and manufacturer of telecommunications, fiber optic, video and data delivery technologies, has unveiled the updated Aircaster AQT8 series of transmodulators.