All items tagged with broadcast (198)
Allen & Heath Debuts New Dante Installation I/O and Cards
February 4, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Allen & Heath Debuts New Dante Installation I/O and Cards

In preparation for ISE 2019, where Audinate's Dante networking will be again a dominating topic, Allen & Heath announced a series of new Dante-enabled products to expand the options for their dLive and SQ ranges of digital mixing consoles for installations, live shows and broadcast systems. This includes tow new Dante I/O portable and wall-mount expander Dante interfaces and two new "super" Dante cards, all of which are AES67 compatible and Dante Domain Manager ready.
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New Blackmagic Rackmount Audio Monitor 12G From Blackmagic Design
November 23, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

New Blackmagic Rackmount Audio Monitor 12G From Blackmagic Design

During the InterBEE 2018 show in Japan, Blackmagic Design announced a new, upgraded model of its extremely popular rack mount audio monitoring solution. The new Blackmagic Audio Monitor 12G features 12G-SDI video input for working in all formats up to 2160p60, HDMI output, analog and AES/EBU inputs, a powerful class D amplifier, dual subwoofers, extended range speakers, an LCD and precision meters that can display VU, PPM and Loudness ballistic scales. All this in a 1U rackmount format!
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iHeartMedia to Acquire Jelli to Expand SoundPoint Programmatic Advertising Platform
November 20, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

iHeartMedia to Acquire Jelli to Expand SoundPoint Programmatic Advertising Platform

iHeartMedia announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Jelli, Inc., the technology company that powers its SoundPoint advertising platform. The Jelli platform is the pioneering technology foundation for programmatic buying and selling of broadcast radio, and this acquisition will enable iHeartMedia to further leverage Jelli’s assets to continue to create a digital-compatible broadcast radio buying platform for brands that includes targeting and creative optimization based on data and attribution tools compatible with the offerings of the major digital players.
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Blue Mix-Fi Headphone Wins 2018 Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement In Engineering Development
October 26, 2018 by Joao Martins

Blue Mix-Fi Headphone Wins 2018 Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement In Engineering Development

The Television Academy recently announced the recipients of the 2018 Engineering Emmy Awards honoring an individual, company or organization for developments in broadcast technology - and a very strange thing happened: A headphone won an Emmy! For the first time in the history of the prestigious awards, a headphone was recognized because, it enables users "to produce mixes that translate accurately from headphone to near field monitors to the wall and beyond." What headphones received the honor? The Blue Mix-Fi headphones...
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145th AES International Convention Broadcast and Online Delivery Track
October 17, 2018 by Audio Engineering_Society

145th AES International Convention Broadcast and Online Delivery Track

The 145th Audio Engineering Society International Convention will host a wide variety of Broadcast and Online Delivery Track events utilizing the latest technologies. Topics to be examined will include standardizing audio quality for OTT TV (over the top television), the future of audio delivery to the consumer, audio production for March Madness events, broadcasting in emergency situations, and an exclusive look at the 80th Anniversary of The Mercury Theater’s “The War of the Worlds.”
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IBC 2018 Report: Audio-Over-IP at the Crossroads of Next Generation Audio
September 27, 2018 by Joao Martins

IBC 2018 Report: Audio-Over-IP at the Crossroads of Next Generation Audio

In my previous report on IBC 2018, I addressed some key technology trends from the IBC show in Amsterdam (September 13-18, 2018), in the perspective of audio technology, content production, and distribution. Of course, on the backbone of all the tremendous changes that are currently happening in the media business, broadcast, and professional production, the topic of audio-over-IP (AoIP) and the ongoing transition to fully IP-enabled operations in all platforms - traditional linear television, radio (digital, hybrid, virtual, etc.), and new over-the-top and on-demand streaming services - is front and center.
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Ross Introduces IGGY AoIP AES67 to MADI Converter at IBC 2018
September 25, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Ross Introduces IGGY AoIP AES67 to MADI Converter at IBC 2018

Following the introduction of the new NEWT IP Gear series of products at NAB 2018, where Ross offers a simple SMPTE ST2110 compliant IP gateway with audio and video crossbars for I/O routing and more, at the IBC 2018 show in Amsterdam Ross expanded the possibilities on audio-over-IP (AoIP) connectivity with the introduction of IGGY, a clever and very useful AES67 / ST2110 to MADI audio converter box, which is powered over Ethernet and supports for NMOS, EmBER+, Dante/SAP, Livewire+ and DashBoard environments.
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Lawo Redefines Audio Production with Third-Generation mc²56 Production Consoles
September 21, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Lawo Redefines Audio Production with Third-Generation mc²56 Production Consoles

The new generation Lawo mc²56 mixing console was unveiled at the IBC 2018 show in Amsterdam. At at a time when the German company is expanding its portfolio of solutions to cover virtually every single area of an IP-based content production infrastructure, for any format or distribution platform, Lawo did not forget its core audio solutions. The new Lawo mc²56 expands its power and capabilities, creating the first IP-native audio production to fully support all relevant AoIP standards, from SMPTE 2110 and AES67, to RAVENNA, DANTE or even MADI digital audio streams.
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IBC 2018 Show Report: Changes in the Media Landscape Powering New Technologies
September 20, 2018 by Joao Martins

IBC 2018 Show Report: Changes in the Media Landscape Powering New Technologies

The IBC show is always an important event to remind us of some key perspectives having to do with audio technology, content production, and distribution, which are at the core of our interests. Just like music is now predominantly available on streaming services, radio and television content are now being distributed over the Internet, while movies and lots of other content is available directly to all of us in multiple platforms and services. This article was published originally in The Audio Voice newsletter.
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R&D Stories: MPEG-H Audio Brings New Dimensions to TV Sound
September 20, 2018 by Stefan Meltzer

R&D Stories: MPEG-H Audio Brings New Dimensions to TV Sound

Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS designed a way to significantly improve immersive sound reproduction capabilities on consumer playback devices, based on MPEG-H decoding and rendering and Fraunhofer’s upHear soundbar processing. This article is a technology update on MPEG-H and Fraunhofer upHear implementations, now available for licensing to audio video receiver (AVR) and soundbar manufacturers.
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