M&E Chessboard Jumps Content to the Next Level
Companies leverage technological advancements to grow audiences
OTT Keeps Viewing Options Open for Consumers
With more services launching and corporate strategies diverging, don’t expect a streaming shakeout soon
Could Australian Decision Giving Broadcasters the Right to Collectively Bargain with Tech Companies Be a Preview of Things to Come in the US?
Last week, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission approved an application for Commercial Radio Australia to collectively bargain with Google and Facebook over the carriage by these tech platforms of news content from Australian radio broadcasters (press release here, application and approval here). This approval is an outgrowth of the adoption of the Australian News […]
NAB Promises a “Reimagined” Event
When the NAB Show returns to Las Vegas in the spring, three years since the most recent one, it will feature some new themes. It also will use part of the new West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, which was under construction when broadcasters last visited. Early registration is open for the 2022 […]
Ad Rep Pioneer Ralph Guild Passes Away
Ad sales pioneer Ralph Guild has passed away at 93. Guild is created with laying the groundwork for the modern ad rep sales industry with the founding of Interep in 1981. He spun that into a larger group that eventually included Group W Radio Sales (later CBS Radio Sales) and ABC Radio Sales. Guild adapted […]
Winners Announced for Best in Market for Fall 2021
Winners have been announced in the Best in Market Awards program for fall of 2021. The recipients named by Radio World are: Angry Audio Headphone Disconnector Inovonics 551 HD Radio Modulation Monitor Telos Alliance Axia Quasar SR AoIP Mixing Console Tieline Gateway 4 IP Audio Codec Wheatstone Blade 4 WheatNet-IP I/O unit The program was […]
Letter: Sticking to our knitting
A pair of readers react to Michael Saffran’s commentary “Radio, Stick to Your Knitting,” Radio World, Aug. 29. Regarding Michael Saffran’s commentary “Radio, Stick to Your Knitting” in the Aug. 29 Opinion section: Well said! Fads come and go, often overnight. If you thought format changes were a nightmare, being tied to a faded fad […]
CTN Implements Streamlined EAS Workflow With DASDEC Platform
By upgrading to the DASDEC platform and LEX-2000 encoders, David Goosey’s tech team at CTN have significantly simplified workflows
NCE FM Filing Window Opens
The FCC Media Bureau has issued a reminder that its previously announced window to apply for new noncommercial educational FM new station construction permits will be open from tonight — Tuesday Nov. 2 at 12:01 a.m. EDT — until next Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 6 p.m. EST. The window is only for proposals in the […]
Key Networks Adds ATMOS Weather Reporting
Syndicator Key Networks is offering a weather reporting system for radio stations that uses text-to-speech synthesis and requires no additional barter. ATMOS Weather Reporting was developed by Summit Technology Group and uses artificial intelligence to generate a script and text-to-speech that Summit says is indistinguishable from a human voice. It describes the customizable content as […]