What is it about technical support lately that makes us think about paratroopers? Maybe it’s that with fewer CEs these days, broadcasters are turning to tech support to swoop in via remote access to solve problems and get the job done. Or maybe it’s because we manufacture the AoIP studio system that makes remoting in practical, or that we have a few brave paratroopers on the Wheatstone Tech Support team ...

Is metadata important? “I don’t think so… I know so.” Those are the words of Cris Alexander, DOE for Crawford Broadcasting, a WheatNet IP shop that recently added Streamblade appliances for provisioning, processing, and managing streams and metadata. In a recent Crawford newsletter article, he talked about the importance of doing a “metadata audit,” why he signed up for DTS Autostage, and how different radio displays use RDS/RBDS data differently and what he’s doing about it ...

For a DIY project that could only happen in radio, Burley Stapley devised a talk timer using a Raspberry Pi, an Air 4 console, and a little help from ChatGPT ...

We’re going faster and further with AoIP this IBC, plus mixing it up with virtual and fixed consoles for TV news teams. We’re also keeping it affordable with a new automation control plug-in for our value AoIP system. Stop by stand 8.D91 during the IBC show and ask us about these and other new developments in studio systems, streaming, audio processing, and cloud/server applications. See you soon! ...

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No insignificant change to Instagram Broadcast Channel, BCUniversal gets personal and local with ATSC 3.0, and Another Triton partnership ...