Tech Roundup

ALP-AES67-128 ensures full compliance with AES67, RAVENNA, ST2110-30 and ST2022-7. Both versions of the sound card provide full support for redundancy and Out of Band management, reinforcing network infrastructure security — features that are not fully accessible with ‘AES67 compatible’ DANTE cards.

As Twitter readies its first live-stream of a pro football game, word on the street is that it’s set to bring the Twitter app to Apple TV.

Designed to simplify and aggregate control of several Telos Alliance devices, broadcasters may wish to use this tool to manage user rights for device access, linking a user's profile to his or her needs and access privileges.

The "live-and-local-FM" NextRadio app hasn't yet landed on Apple iPhones. That may change later this summer with the rollout of a new streaming app -- a big pivot for NextRadio. At the same time, a secure presence in the "connected car" has been finalized, with full details to be offered at the NAB Show.

From the content that's being consumed to the emergence of new distribution outlets and emerging gadgetry, the traditional pattern of media usage and radio listening are changing— in some cases, rapidly. That's the key takeaway from Jacobs Media's Techsurvey13 — "Navigating The Digital Landscape."

According to numerous media reports, Sirius XM and Oakland, Calif.-based streaming audio company Pandora are once again talking. The key question is if Sirius XM is planning to make a significant investment in Pandora, or buy it outright.

Faced with the need to acquire nearly three dozen antennas, along with other equipment, to move forward with channel changes for its TV stations impacted by the spectrum repack process, Raycom Media reviewed its options on what company to work with to get the job done. Its decision — to sign a contract with Dielectric.

Will the stuff of science fiction swiftly become the reality for car drivers across the U.S. who purchase a vehicle with a next-generation dashboard? That question — and how the "connected car" will impact the radio broadcasting industry — was one of the first to be addressed at the 2017 Radio Show, the annual conference produced by the NAB and RAB that began in Texas's state capital on Tuesday afternoon.

DISH Network is giving its subscribers a whole new way to experience some Stranger Things or take a trip to Ozark. The DBS provider on Friday began offering a whole-home 4K Netflix experience to its customers.

R&S PRISMON, the software-based monitoring and multi-viewer solution from Munich-based Rohde & Schwarz, has passed all Dolby Laboratories certification tests. It's a big win for R&S, as Dolby is a leading manufacturer of audio codecs.

On Tuesday (11/27), the Copyright Royalty Board announced in the Federal Register that the sound recording royalty rates paid to SoundExchange will be increasing next year. David Oxenford, an attorney at Wilkinson Barker Knauer who represents broadcasting and digital media companies in connection with regulatory, transactional and intellectual property issues, blogged on the topic today (11/28). Here's what he has to say.

Just in time for CES 2018 in Las Vegas, LG Electronics has unveiled what it is boasting to be a "superior, clearer and smarter lineup of premium audio products that promises to change the way people think about home speakers." New for 2018 is Meridian Audio’s advanced high performance audio technology "to deliver more natural and warm sound. But, perhaps the biggest takeaway is the South Korean company's first smart speaker to go to market—the ThinQ.

When it comes to production libraries, Entercom had a choice to make as it continues to integrate the former CBS Radio stations and evaluate what's in use at its legacy stations. A decision has been made, and the company has inked a multi-year deal.