Tech Roundup

CBS News won't have to worry about finding a new video management partner or licensing rep for its vast archive of video footage for the next two years.

Comrex is now shipping ACCESS MultiRack, its new rackmount multi-channel IP audio codec. ACCESS MultiRack occupies 1RU, and it can handle up to five full-duplex IP audio connections simultaneously.

The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has revealed the dates for an upcoming ATSC 3.0 Jamaica Bootcamp and Seminar. ATSC is collaborating with the Jamaica DSO Regulatory and Technical Committee, Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica and the Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) to produce the event.

Introduced by David Brooks, an iHeartRadio Software Engineer, listeners who have iOS 12 or a newer iOS version iPhone, can use these Siri Shortcuts to listen to music and podcasts on iHeartRadio with the shortcut feature.

swXtch.io, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IEX Group, Inc., is previewing interoperability between its cloudSwXtch platform and Google Cloud as a highlight of its floor presence at the 2023 NAB Show. The demonstrations follow the completion of what it calls "thorough, joint interoperability testing" signaling cloudSwXtch is immediately deployable with full functionality on Google Cloud.

It's gained a reputation as a broadcast audio leader across three decades. Now, Cleveland-headquartered Telos Alliance is gearing up for its first floor presence in three years at an NAB Show. For Telos Alliance, this will see a focus on broadcast audio products.

Broadcast products and services firm Electronics Research is welcoming an Account Manager for the Western U.S. She's held roles including that of Account Manager for Gray Television’s WFIE-14, serving the Evansville, Ind., DMA.

Xperi Holding Corporation's Board of Directors has approved the details and timing of the previously announced spin-off of the company’s product business, Xperi Inc., from the Company’s IP licensing business, Adeia.

FlexAI is Jünger Audio’s new audio processing infrastructure platform, which supports various forms of deployments on hardware and virtualized platforms. As a self-contained stand-alone solution, flexAI with Dolby codecs is available on the unique AIXpressor audio processor.

WorldCast Systems, the supplier of advanced broadcast products, is pleased to announce "the further evolution" of its APTmpX product, a "non-destructive" MPX/composite compression algorithm.

Quicklink is now a part of the SRT Alliance, the open-source initiative dedicated to overcoming the challenges of low-latency video streaming. The SRT open-source video transport protocol has initially been adopted in Quicklink’s STS410, a hybrid switcher.

The ABC affiliate serving Arkansas' capital city is among those poised to deploy the RFHAWKEYE system for RF monitoring, which is designed to provide station engineers with a "comprehensive" view of RF system health beyond the transmitter.

A top provider of OTT streaming media tools for media companies has just been snapped up by advanced video encoding and streaming tech firm VITEC. The acquisition means this company's founder and CEO is coming on board at VITEC, as VP of Worldwide Broadcast Sales. 

The "first completely cloud-native automation platform in the industry" has signed an agreement that designates a primary affiliate research and maintenance platform for the company, allowing producers, radio networks and affiliate sales groups to research and digitally sign and communicate with each other. 

A sister company to Live365 has announced a free webinar that will explore "the new doors that have been discovered when business doors literally had to close due to COVID-19."