MIAMI — The 2026 NAB Show opens in 11 weeks, and broadcast technology companies serving the radio and television business are already eagerly anticipating an audience that desires new ways to best connect with the end user.
A January 29 gathering at Broadcast Depot served as a preview opportunity for top engineers in over-the-air media, with representatives from four companies on hand to share their wares. One product, in particular, caught RBR+TVBR‘s eye, and it was thanks to Tieline VP of Sales/Americas Jacob Daniluck and his “studio in a box” product.
At the event, which attracted individuals representing Audacy, TelevisaUnivision and iHeartMedia to Broadcast Depot’s retail-focused hub, saw Daniluck speak of various CODEC solutions, including Tieline’s MPX I and MPX II codecs. These deliver composite FM multiplex (MPX) codec solutions for real-time network distribution of FM-MPX or MicroMPX (an optional μMPX) signals to transmitter sites.
The MPX I is ideal for transmitting a composite STL signal from a single station with return monitoring, whereas the Tieline MPX II can transport two discrete composite FM-MPX signals from the studio to transmitters with return monitoring.
Daniluck then shared details of the Gateway product, a DSP-based 1RU IP codec enabling transport of multiple channels of mono or stereo audio across the public internet and any QoS-enabled IP network, including T1 and T3 connections and private WANs with MPLS. The Gateway streams up to 16 IP audio channels and speaks the language of AES67, ST 2110-30, ST 2022-7, RAVENNA, Livewire+, NMOS, Ember+, AES3 and analog I/O as standard. An optional WheatNet-IP or Dante card can also be installed at purchase, he shared.
Yet, it was Daniluck’s sharing of Tieline’s ViA 3-channel XLR remote codec capable of live streams and recording and play of audio files that could be the company’s spotlight grabber in Las Vegas at the NAB Show. ViA is a “studio-in-a-box,” and uses a TLF5300 ViA portable codec. It boasts dual USB ports and built-in WiFi.
There’s also a customizable headphone app, and real-time talk back capabilities. Plus, headphones with independent mixers and per-channel communication is available for users.
“We want a clean signal back to the studio,” Daniluck says.
As ISE 2026 begins today (2/3) in Barcelona, a new focus on the creator community and their product influence on broadcasters is taking shape. As such, what segment of consumers have taken the most interest in ViA over the last five years? Sports-rights holders and home studios.
The latter speaks volumes of the possibilities for both radio and TV broadcasters as the desire to repurpose and produce new content for TikTok, Instagram and Facebook, in addition to X, grows.
Also on hand at the Broadcast Depot event were representatives from Nautel, Telos Alliance, and Camect, the latter of which captured the attention of all who were mesmerized by its interactive camera-based virtual transmitter and broadcast facilities security plans. In an age when copper theft has plagued AM radio station owners, Camect turned to Streamline Publishing’s Radio Ink and its coverage of the crisis in demonstrating why its security offerings protect station owners.
