CINCINNATI — For its domestic clients, the next-generation Maxiva XTK software-defined exciter from GatesAir has already gotten attention. Now, the company is finalizing its plans to introduce the product to international customers, at the IBC 2026 conference and expo in mid-September.
For those in Europe, the exciter is being positioned as a next-generation signal processing engine for GatesAir’s Maxiva family of digital television and DAB/DAB+ radio transmitters.
Designed to support broadcasters across worldwide digital transmission standards, the Maxiva XTK combines signal processing power, advanced Transport over IP (TSoIP) capabilities and software-defined flexibility. This, says GatesAir, simplifies digital broadcasting today while preparing networks for tomorrow’s transmission technologies.
The Maxiva XTK delivers optimal signal quality across digital television standards including DVB-T2, ATSC 1.0, ATSC 3.0, ISDB-Tb and Brazil’s emerging DTV+, while extending the same software-defined architecture to DAB and DAB+ networks.
“Its advanced FPGA-based platform significantly increases processing capacity and incorporates sophisticated Real-Time Adaptive Correction techniques that optimize signal performance across a wide range of RF amplifier configurations, ensuring reliable, high-performance operation for broadcasters regardless of network architecture,” GatesAir notes.
The Maxiva XTK comes standard across GatesAir’s newest Maxiva television transmitter platforms and is fully compatible with previous-generation Maxiva UHF and VHF transmitters, as well as many Harris legacy digital television systems. The platform’s backwards-compatible design enables broadcasters to modernize signal processing while preserving existing transmission infrastructure, reducing upgrade costs and simplifying transitions to new digital standards, GatesAir adds.
“The Maxiva XTK represents the next evolution of our software-defined transmission strategy, bringing together greater processing power, advanced signal optimization and worldwide standards support within a single platform,” said Steve Rossiter, TV Systems Applications Engineer with GatesAir. “Whether broadcasters are operating digital television or DAB radio networks, the XTK delivers the performance, flexibility and investment protection they need to confidently adapt to changing technologies while maintaining the exceptional reliability that defines every Maxiva transmitter.”
— Brian Galante
Visitors to IBC2026 can experience the Maxiva XTK and GatesAir’s portfolio of TV and radio offerings at Stand 8.B75, where the Ohio-headquartered company plans to demonstrate technologies designed to improve transmission efficiency, simplify operations and prepare broadcasters for the next generation of over-the-air services.
