Tech Roundup

The flagship television station for TEGNA, the CBS affiliate serving Washington Capital Region, has put the broadcasting industry's first "environmentally friendly low emission live truck" into service.

A London-based independent video software provider has purchased a privately held provider of a cloud video delivery platform optimized for "just-in-time" processing of live video streaming.

Two decades of innovation, growth and customer-centric design are being celebrated by Massachusetts-based integrated video production systems developer Broadcast Pix. "We want to thank our partners, clients, and evangelists for all your loyal support," the company's leaders share.

The partnership, the companies announced on Tuesday, will bring interoperability between TransUnion’s people-based marketing products and MadHive’s Connected TV activation platform, which includes a proprietary CTV Device Graph and data marketplace. This will give MadHive clients expanded targeting and enhanced cross-platform attribution capabilities, including KPIs such as brand awareness, purchase intent, site conversion, offline sales lift and foot traffic.

It's known as the universal, openly standardized digital radio system for short-wave, medium-wave (AM), long-wave and FM / VHF bands. And, it is celebrating recent demonstrations of its technology on both MHz and KHz facilities in Wangaratta, Vic. — stations owned by national public broadcaster ABC and private operator BAI.

It says it is the company behind first 100% native cloud-based radio automation, content management and production system. Now, it can add that it is a member of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN).

In this fresh InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, WideOrbit Chief Product Officer Will Offeman gives listeners an update on the technology the company has developed to help broadcast media do more business by completing more sales. LISTEN HERE

WorldCast Systems, a global supplier of radio broadcast solutions, has strengthened its QoS monitoring portfolio with the Audemat FM Probe. This, the company says, enables accurate monitoring, measurement, and analysis of the FM signal.

The Media Bureau late last week confirmed that the ATSC 3.0 Sunsets FNPRM was published in the Federal Register. Here's what this means to the broadcast television industry.

A live broadcast technology services company has brought to market its new "edge computing" production product, an offering it says can deliver high-quality live production tools for small and mid-size productions — regardless of locale — with a minimal onsite equipment footprint.

The NBC Owned Television Stations property serving the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose market has unveiled its new state-of-the art news studio. As "NBC Bay Area" and KNTV-11 see it, the reimagined space "improves the viewer experience and enhances its connection to audiences across digital and on-air platforms."

Ottawa-based Novra Technologies Inc., publicly traded on the TSX index, and subsidiary International Datacasting Corporation have been selected by a non-denominational international religious radio network to provide "the next-generation broadcast infrastructure" for its radio network refresh.

A NFC football team is leveraging an ultra-low latency Makito X4 video encoder and decoder pair to stream synchronized multi-camera live video feeds from remote venues back to their broadcast studio. How so? By using Haivision’s technology, the Philadelphia Eagles are able to produce unique and engaging pre-and post-game content for fans.

Eurofins Digital Testing (EDT), in partnership with the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), has released the NEXTGEN TV logo certification test suite v 2022-1.0. It's being described as "the first major release for the new model year applicable to ATSC 3.0 compliant receivers from July 1, 2022."

It was introduced during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and has been met with acclaim by those who have used it. Now, a Nashville-based provider of mobile production and audio facilities, along with production and secondary services for broadcast television, has brought its Virtual Press Room into its "second generation."