Rosenworcel Highlights Network Resilience
At Thursday’s FCC meeting, Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel used the occasion of her trip to Louisiana to explain several commission initiatives. In a written statement, she described the damage done by Hurricane Ida and summarized steps the FCC had taken before and after that storm. “But we have to understand where communications fell short, where […]
Layer Reiterates Importance of Good, Consistent Metadata
David H. Layer is vice president, advanced engineering at the National Association of Broadcasters. Radio World spoke with him recently ahead of the anticipated Broadcast Engineering & IT Conference at the NAB Show. The convention has since been cancelled but the activities discussed here continue. Here are relevant portions of our conversation. Radio World: David, there […]
Radio Broadcasting and the Internet of Things
Click image to enlarge. The author is executive director, broadcast technology at Xperi Corp. As broadcasters, we often limit our perception of radio to audio programming. But we shouldn’t. Jeff Detweiler Today, Radio Data Systems (RDS) and HD Radio technology mean that data can be sent over the air through radio’s cost-effective and reliable, one-to-many […]
A Look Back at the Radio Newspaper of the Air
This article originally appeared in the Nov. 19, 2014, issue of Radio World and was posted on this website Nov. 26, 2014, a nice Thanksgiving treat. See More of John’s Schneider’s Roots of Radio. A St. Louis Post-Dispatch employee reads the facsimile newspaper received over W9XZY. An RCA printer is shown. The black roller at […]
CableLab Subsidiary Kyrio Launches First Testing as a Service Offering
The FlexTest, which will become available in early October, will enable Manufacturers and Operators to save time and overall costs on testing
Sony to Acquire Bluepoint Games
Austin-based studio known for remakes and remasters will join PlayStation Studios
Gravity Media Installs Massive 1.2MM Pixel Pitch LED Wall
The display wall was used the Summer Olympics and Supercars ESeries and is being billed as Australia’s first such LED wall in a broadcast studio
ThinkAnalytics Enhances ThinkAdvertising Features for TV Hyper-Targeting
New features are designed to boost revenue and bring digital-style ad targeting to the TV sector
Dalet Announces Significant Upgrades to Its Product Line
The updates to Dalet’s media logistics, AI-driven production and IP ingest and playout product line are designed to help the transition to hybrid and cloud workflows and remote production
FCC Cancels NAL on Texas Translators
Oh, by the way, about that NAL? You can toss that … The Federal Communications Commission has canceled a notice of apparent liability for forfeiture issued to Carlos Lopez in relation to two FM translators in Texas. As we reported earlier, the commission was planning a $3,000 penalty because the license renewal forms for the […]