2019 CCBE (Central Canada Broadcast Engineers, Technologists & Technicians) Conference is underway Sept. 26-29 in King City, ON. Broadcast engineers, tech suppliers and other experts are gathering for four days of networking and learning. This year’s conference features a wide-ranging agenda with presentations on everything from HD Radio implementation to media asset security and free apps for broadcasters. Read our interview with Lorne Anderson, CCBE president, here.
Matrix has completed a new API integration with vCreative’s radio workflow software. The integration provides enhanced connectivity between Matrix’s media-specific ad sales platform, Monarch, and vCreative’s software. The streamlined integration is aimed at better operational efficiency and increased ROI, with users able to track a variety of information including production, spots running on-air, and spots scheduled to expire soon, directly from the account records. The integration also allows media sellers and creative team members to connect via blog.
Matrix and WideOrbit have expanded their partnership to automate connectivity between Matrix’s media ad sales platform, Monarch, and WideOrbit’s traffic and billing system, WO Traffic. Leveraging the new integrations, users of both WideOrbit and Matrix will gain direct access to expanded, real-time Revenue and Inventory data sets. The ability to fully see and track such pertinent information, coupled with Monarch’s proactive alert notifications to alert users when and where to take action, significantly streamlines the flow of information between the two systems. Media companies will be able to alleviate manual processes and ensure they’re optimizing inventory at a premium. In addition to viewing Revenue and Inventory throughout its lifecycle in the workflow, users will also gain more in-depth access to Accounts Receivable information.
VuWall, the Montreal-based video wall and AV solutions provider, has announced that VuWall Canada and VuWall Germany will consolidate under a single umbrella as VuWall Group. Software development and R&D will continue to operate entirely out of Montreal, while manufacturing and production will be consolidated exclusively with VuWall’s German division. Marketing, operations, sales, and support teams will now have resources on both sides of the Atlantic, extending the company’s hours of operation and overcoming time zone and language challenges. In addition, the VuWall reseller certification program will be offered to integrators in both Europe and Canada, expanding VuWall partnerships to more countries.
Nautel has announced a “last tube buyback” program aimed at helping owners of older tube transmitters transition to easier-to-maintain solid-state transmitters. Radio stations in the U.S. and Canada who upgrade from an older tube transmitter to a new Nautel solid state transmitter prior to Jan. 31, 2020 will be eligible for up to $10,000 in “last tube buyback” credits. Customers will be able to keep their old tube transmitters as backup units.
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