At SCTE® Cable-Tec Expo® 2022, Witbe will be showcasing its latest technology for automated testing and proactive monitoring, ranging from the company’s newly updated Remote Eye Controller (REC) application to its complete lineup of Witbox products and everything in between. In Philadelphia, Witbe will demonstrate how its technology allows streaming video providers to measure and improve the Quality of Experience (QoE) their customers receive.

Viaccess-Orca (VO), a global leader providing TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions, announced today that Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, also known as SRG SSR, recently introduced a new card version of VO’s Conditional Access System (CAS) for the security of its satellite TV distribution. Embedded within set-top boxes, VO’s CAS features the latest, fastest chipset and new-generation smartcard security, providing Swiss Broadcasting Corporation with a best-of-breed solution for content protection and rights management.

Iraq’s leading commercial broadcaster, Al Sharqiya Group, has implemented a comprehensive playout system built around Imagine Communications’ Versio™ integrated playout platform at its London-based facility. Replacing a traditional infrastructure, the fully integrated playout system helps Al Sharqiya to streamline its master control workflows, providing improved operational and cost efficiencies, and offering the flexibility to expand and change the system as business needs evolve.

Digital Nirvana, a provider of leading-edge media monitoring and metadata generation services, today announced the availability of MetadataIQ for News, a new variation of its MetadataIQ SaaS-based automatic metadata generation tool. MetadataIQ for News uses news-specific speech-to-text technology and machine learning capabilities to describe quickly the assets that appear in a news broadcaster's feed. As a result, editors and producers can find what they need and create news shows more efficiently.

TAG Video Systems, the leader in software-based IP end-to-end monitoring, deep probing, logging, and real time visualization solutions, has announced that its Multi-Channel Monitoring (MCM) system has successfully completed the JT-NM Tested Program 2022, a rigorous and managed testing process that puts IP equipment through its paces to evaluate conformity to the SMPTE ST 2110 suite of standards and AMWA NMOS specifications, and interoperability with other vendor’s products. The event was hosted by Riedel Communications in Wuppertal, Germany from 22-26 August 2022 where testing was conducted and results validated by third-party testers.

Suitest is launching support for testing apps on Vizio Smart TVs, and will be demonstrating its device cloud setups at IBC from 9^th – 12^th September. A new video recording feature has also been added to its Android phone camera app and to the new HDMI capture feature.

WorldCast Systems, a leading global supplier of radio broadcast solutions, announces the launch of a new generation of Ecreso FM transmitters. The first of its kind to hit the market, the new Ecreso FM 1kW from the AiO Series will launch at the IBC Show. 

Ecreso is a field proven, award-winning FM transmitter brand that has been on the market for over 60 years. Building upon the company’s deep understanding of the market and technical expertise, the new Ecreso FM 1kW is proof that aligning cutting-edge innovation with the best Total Cost of Ownership is possible. 

Leader Electronics will demonstrate the latest additions to its wide range of broadcast measurement and monitoring equipment on stand 10.C01 at IBC2022 in Amsterdam, September 9th-12th.

At IBC 2022, GBLabs’ focus is on re-connecting with customers and emphasising how it can help them with the key issues facing their organisations, such as security, and business and change management. Today, broadcasters and media companies are less concerned with the underlying technology and more focused on issues that impact future growth, such as creating more content in a smarter, more efficient way. At this year’s IBC, the company will show customers how they can more effectively manage resources across multiple locations – on-premise, in the cloud and hybrid workflows.

PHABRIX, a broadcast test & measurement innovator, has announced the launch of a portable Qx Series instrument in the form of the brand new QxP. Inheriting the flexible architecture and extensive workflow support of the acclaimed QxL rasterizer, the QxP – which will be shown on booth 10.C01 at IBC 2022 (September 9-12, Amsterdam RAI) – incorporates a 3RU multi-touch 1920 x 1200 7” LCD screen and is equally at home on-set in SDR/HDR, grading and shading applications, as well as in QC, MCR, engineering and R&D environments.