Decline in STEM Enrollments Highlights Importance of Mentorship
Better programs for mentoring will be important for boosting interest in STEM programs, argues Caitlin Kalinowski, head of hardware for Oculus at Facebook Reality Labs
Comrex, NBT and SBE15 Plan Monday Event
Comrex is teasing a new product launch that it will announce Monday at an SBE chapter meeting that will also be conducted as an online webinar. The company said the Zoom meeting webinar will be held in conjunction with the Society of Broadcast Engineers Chapter 15 and the Next Best Thing Media Tour. Comrex added that people […]
Evertz Launches Advanced Streaming and Playout SaaS Service in evertz.io
Service is delivered completely from the public cloud using the evertz.io platform
IATSE Sets Strike Date for Oct. 18
The union president said `the pace of bargaining doesn’t reflect any sense of urgency’
Hank Mahler Dies, Was Innovator for CBS Technology Center
Henry “Hank” Mahler Influential media engineer Hank Mahler has died. Among his contributions to the broadcast industry, he was part of the team at the CBS Technology Center in Connecticut that designed and built the CBS Laboratories Audimax and CBS VoluMax, two audio processors that became widely used in radio and TV. His passing, on […]
GatesAir Adds Native Livewire Support to Intraplex Ascent
GatesAir has added native Livewire+ IP audio networking to its Intraplex Ascent cloud transport platform. This means Intraplex Ascent can ingest and output multiple audio channels directly via IP without the need for conversion equipment, which the company said adds scale and efficiency for radio broadcasters that manage many digital audio channels between studios. Future support is planned […]
Inside the Oct. 13, 2021 Issue of Radio World
Get an orange vest. Give the pickup truck a tuneup. And go top off your genset … For readers who live in the Northern Hemisphere, winter is coming! Also: Business is booming at Technical Service Group. … Larry Langford is troubleshooting distortion on a client’s FM translator. … Tula has a nifty combo mic/recorder. … […]
Discovery+ Plans October 19 Canadian Launch
The streaming service will feature 60K+ episodes and more than 200 original series and is partnering with Corus to market the service
Engineers to Be Honored at GABCON
Radio and TV broadcasters in the state of Georgia are gathering to celebrate the engineers in their midst. The Georgia Association of Broadcasters will honor three engineers at this year’s GABCON, the largest gathering of radio and TV broadcasters in the state, set to be held Oct. 22–23 in Atlanta. This year the association will […]
Broadcast Partners Names Schaller to Sales Post
Manufacturer Broadcast Partners named Roland Schaller to a post where he’ll work to expand the company’s international sales. “After spending the first half of his career in internet and telecommunications in technical and marketing roles, he moved to broadcasting in the field of satellite and terrestrial broadcast hardware and software, in presales and sales roles,” […]