MUNICH—Motama GmbH is joining the Rohde & Schwarz family, as GMIT GmbH—a subsidiary of Rohde & Schwarz—has acquired Motama’s technology. The addition of Motama products, including its RelayCaster protocol, will expand GMIT’s product portfolio for interruption-free transmission of audio and video content in IP networks and live online content distribution.

RelayCaster is a system designed to minimize packet losses to enable the quality-of-service conditions required for interruption-free transmissions. Other Motama products will now be available from GMIT as independent products as part of the deal, while also being available through existing sales partners. In addition, Motama technology will be integrated into Rohde & Schwarz’s broadcast and media portfolio and can be used for software and cloud environments.

Dr. Marco Lohse, founder and managing director of Motama, will retain primary responsibility for growth and development of the product line as director of R&D IP Gateways at GMIT; he will officially begin in that position as of June 1.

BERLIN—GMIT, a Rohde & Schwarz subsidiary, has announced a new app that extends its BMM-810 A/V monitoring platform. The company’s new virtuWall iOS app connects with BMM-810s across the globe to enable mobile, real-time access to status information and measurements. The app also sends out notifications and analysis of errors.

The virtuWall app connects to one or more BMM-810 monitoring instances through either a secured private VPN connection or a web service provided by GMIT. The Web service uses E2E encryption and complies with potential security and privacy requirements.

Features for the virtuWall app include “zero delay” status indication of monitored broadcast and OTT services; adaptive bitrate encoded multiviewer screen for visual checking; proxy infrastructure for setup and administration; access to log books and detailed measurement results; and layers of access restriction and protection, including TouchID fingerprint authentication.

The virtuWall app is now available for iOS devices in the Apple App Store.