Tech Roundup

OTT video application management, creation and delivery is getting a speed boost, as a new framework within Applicaster's SaaS app development platform Zapp is now available for use.

The recent removal of the FCC requirement for stations to have a physical presence in the community assigned to each station license prompted featured Media Information Bureau columnist Ken Benner to pen a column illustrating his thoughts on the rule change. Here's what he has to say on the subject, now available to Weekly Tech Roundup readers.

The integration of Fraunhofer IIS's MPEG-H authoring workflow into The Telos Alliance's Minnetonka AudioTools Server is now complete. The toolset is suitable for a wide variety of audio-processing fields and is designed to bring benefits to terrestrial, IPTV, and satellite broadcast, as well as pre- and post-production.

Sure, Q3 may be looking a little rough around the edges for many radio broadcasting companies. But, consider where the entire industry could be in five short years, thanks to the surge in smart speakers that's just unfolding. According to a just-released study from U.K.-based Juniper Research, smart speakers such as Amazon Echo, Google Home, and the Sonos One will be in a majority of U.S. homes by 2022.

Automated broadcast and production workflow firm ENCO has partnered with Broadcast Pix, known for its integrated production and control systems, for the release of a newsroom production and playout tool that supports the MOS (Media Object Server) protocol and interfaces with Newsroom Computer Systems (NRCS).

Veritone says it has made "significant enhancements" to its cloud-native, AI-enabled media management platform, Veritone Digital Media Hub. Here’s why it matters: Remote collaboration, compatibility with existing applications and the ability to extract increased value from content will persist. New features are designed to meet these challenges.

In April, RBR+TVBR reported on the late spring 2017 launch of a new streaming TV service that “eliminates the need for set-top boxes and revolutionizes how customers enjoy their favorite content.” That service — C Spire TV — went live earlier this month.

Privacy is still a major issue for users of voice control on any device, as well as among potential buyers of smart speakers. That's the key takeaway from a newly released voice control device study from Hub. Yet, more than 4 in 10 respondents own a smart speaker, and nearly all of them use it to interact with entertainment content.

QGoLive’s James Copeland is literally touring the country, with COVID-19 physical distancing in place, and is calling on radio stations in markets of all sizes for demos of new software that can deliver studio-quality audio from a smartphone or computer. 

Fresh from the 2017 NAB Show in Las Vegas, a French satellite operator that's the first to deliver a differentiated and scalable GEO-MEO offering worldwide has teamed with a TV manufacturer in the driver's seat on the ATSC 3.0 next-gen broadcast standard to demonstrate OLED TV’s cutting-edge 4K High Frame Rate (HFR) broadcast here through Wednesday at the 10th SES Industry Days conference.

It calls itself "a pioneer in mobile app development" that has rolled out over 1,000 apps across North America, Europe, and Latin America and has collaborated with upward of 60 media companies for its propriety platform.  Now, AirKast has struck a deal with a sales representation firm led by a veteran radio industry figure.

Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned broadcast antenna and RF system subsidiary Dielectric has selected the individual who will succeed Steven Moreen. He's retiring, and will soon conclude a 52-year career in the broadcast industry.

Built on the flexAI platform, it can be used as a standalone high-density processor or as part of a larger processing array with other flexAIserver and Jünger AIXpressor units.

Cobalt is primarily used in the manufacture of magnetic, wear-resistant and high-strength alloys. Who knew it would be so magnetic that a former executive would return for a key role?

Hilliary Communications' move replaces a previously deployed legacy hardware solution. In its place is the Harmonic-distributed Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS).