This SBS Station Just Boosted Its In-Market Coverage

For years, the 107.9 MHz signal serving the Windy City has had penetration issues inside The Loop, due to high-rise buildings and other infrastructure blocking the station licensed to Aurora, Ill., from fully reaching listeners across much of Chicago. Now, the current owner of the station on that frequency has a solution, thanks to the adoption of MaxxCasting technology created and owned by GeoBroadcast Solutions.

Tightening The News Production Process, From Ingest to Delivery

Introducing Nexio NewsCraft, marketed as a all-in-one news production tool that enables organizations to work smarter and more efficiently ― ensuring every news story gets to air quickly no matter where operators are located.

Nielsen Data Now Integrated With Snapchat Ad Buying

Don't think that Snapchat is a legitimate ad threat to your radio or TV station? Think again. Nielsen has confirmed that its premium audience segments will now be available on the social media app's ad buying platform.

Tieline Announces MaxxKonnect as New Distribution Partner

"We are thrilled to be working closely with Tieline to be able to provide quality end-to-end IP audio delivery solutions for our customers," says MaxxConnect head Josh Bohn.

Is This Protection Switching ‘Hitless’?

Artel Video Systems, a world-class provider of innovative, real-time multimedia delivery solutions, has released a White Paper that delves into the topic of "hitless," or seamless, protection switching and its ability to provide long-term error correction in a live-television environment.

Veritonic Grows Its Sales and Product Teams

In a move the company believes will "bolster their commitment to providing best-in-class data and technology to brands, agencies, and platforms around the world that are leveraging audio as part of their marketing strategy," Veritonic has hired a trio of sales directors while welcoming a new Head of Product at its New York-headquartered operations.

In Focus: Multi-Platform Compliance Monitoring, Analysis Innovations

Continuing to help broadcasters and service providers easily meet regulatory requirements and expanding audience expectations, Qligent will highlight the expanding compliance recording and analysis capabilities in its Vision monitoring system at the 2019 NAB Show.

Cox Media Group Gets Its Stations Quu-ed Up

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.

A New High-Power Transmitter Arrives For TV Broadcasters

Rohde & Schwarz has expanded its high-power transmitter family. The R&S THV9evo transmitter for VHF band III is the latest addition to the Rohde & Schwarz family of transmitters for DTV and DAB. 

Three Big TV Affiliate Owners Link With PVX

TV stations owned by Gray Television, Hubbard Broadcasting and The E. W. Scripps Company now have a little programmatic power boost thanks to their respective new links to ITN Holdings' ProVantageX (PVX) platform.

Virtual ‘Transmission Talk’ Begins From Nautel

Nova Scotia-based Nautel has announced a series of round table discussions under the “Transmission Talk Tuesday” title set to run weekly throughout the month of June. Hosted by Jeff Welton, the weekly events will bring in featured guests to discuss a range of topics related to radio transmission.

A New Remote Contribution Tool, In The Cloud

The new product from COMREX delivers conferenced audio from multiple contributors to Comrex hardware codecs in high quality and allows between one and five users to send and receive audio from computers and smartphones.

Tieline Releases Firmware Supporting Livewire+

The codec manufacturer has announced the release of new firmware v3.06.06. It is officially supporting Livewire+ and a range of other new features in Gateway and Gateway 4 codecs.
Entravision Communications Corporation

Entravision Consolidates Digital Media, Consumer Insights, Tech Businesses

“By combining our comprehensive digital capabilities into Entravision Digital, advertisers and agencies have a single source to access a rich combination of audiences, media, performance solutions, and consumer insights,” said Entravision Chairman/CEO Walter  Ulloa.

A Retirement Leads To A New Dielectric Int’l Sales Director

Consider it a retirement. Sort of. Federico d'Avis is capping a multi-decade career in RF and microwave sales by taking a role as a part-time consultant at the company he's formally departing as its International Sales Director. Who's succeeding him?