17 December 2020 John Maizels goes sleuthing. This is one for everyone in the broadcasting industry, and especially for managers and career technologists. Turns out we techies...
17 February 2020 At Delhi’s Broadcast Engineering Show (BES) there was a big contingent of companies showing DRM transmission and receiver technology. Steve Ahern was there...
9 March 2019 Steve Ahern's assessment of the continuing evolution of audio devices and consumption. A few years ago I started tracking the divergence of media consumption...
25 March 2017 Alexa, I don’t like that song, play me another one… Change the station, I want to hear The Muttons Voice control of audio devices is...
11 March 2017 In a DBS2017 session titled The Changing Media Business - Opportunities for Broadcasters, a range of viewpoints were presented on where the opportunities are. Managing...
5 March 2017 A top level summit of equipment manufacturers, trainers and broadcasters is taking place in Kuala Lumpur this weekend to tackle skills shortages in broadcast...
21 October 2015 In an article for the DRM Consortium, the president of JHBC Broadcast Consulting, Jochen Huber, discusses the advantages of using DRM for wide coverage transmissions. ...
3 April 2015 Studio technologies: electromechanical devices. Four devices in a radio studio convert a mechanical effect into an electrical effect, so they can never be perfect. These...
3 April 2015 What's with mics? Microphones are one of the main items in any radio studio. The microphone was invented before transmitters, receivers or recorders...
23 January 2015 Deloitte’s Technology and Media Predictions report anticipates small improvements in smart phone battery life; increased consumer spending on media content; and the growth of short-form...
23 November 2013 For years, radio networks have relied on ISDN or phone lines for remote broadcasts or to interview guests in non-studio locations. Recently, Skype has made...
24 October 2013 An Indian software company has been helping radio networks at home and in the Middle East to monetise their apps through contests. Bangalore-based...
12 August 2013 Around 500 exhibitors and 50,000 visitors are expected at the broadcast equipment exhibition BIRTV in China. The show, which runs from August 21-24, started in...