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Containers: Not Just for Shipping Anymore

Posted: 08 Apr 2022 09:47 AM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/news-makers/containers-not-just-for-shipping-anymore


Kirk Harnack is a senior solutions consultant at Telos Alliance. Hell be presenting at this years NAB Show, talking about a new form of
virtualization. He recently spoke with Radio World about what attendees can expect at his talk and why containerization is worth paying attention to.

Radio World: You’ll give a talk at the 2022 NAB Show about
containerization, a term we’ve been hearing a lot but that is still relatively new to many people.
Kirk Harnack, senior solutions consultant at Telos Alliance

Kirk Harnack: Shipping containers revolutionized the shipping industry; “software containers” are revolutionizing software processes.

Containerized software powers audio mixing, processing and distribution. “Virtualization” has been a buzzword and a partial solution for broadcasters wishing to back up their physical studios and transmitter
links. But virtualization can itself introduce extra maintenance and
upkeep, as well as some inefficiencies, that have led to hesitation among broadcasters in implementation. 

A new form of virtualization is here and proven by nearly a decade of experience. It’s called “software containerization.”

Containerized software is performing the most critical and time-sensitive functions at large organizations like Google, Amazon, Visa, PayPal and
MetLife, to name a few. Now, broadcasters are getting the same IT
efficiencies from containerized infrastructure such as audio mixing
consoles, on-air phone systems, audio processing and virtual broadcast intercoms. 

These can be “turned up” quickly, licensed only as needed, and installed with diversity and redundancy without redundant costs. 

RW: It looks like Telos Alliance is going all in on this topic, making a
big investment of resources to launch an online educational program about
it. Why is it worth such effort?

Harnack: We believe that moving business workflow infrastructure to
virtualized environments is absolutely inevitable. Most other industries
are already well into this transition, some 100 percent so. 

Broadcasting has reasons to step carefully in this direction, but also
reasons to move ahead. Telos Alliance will continue to make hardware for broadcasters and put innovation into these products. But there is
additional flexibility and opportunity for innovation in the virtualized context. We’re offering broadcasters a choice of platforms as they invest
in their content creation and infrastructure systems.

[For More News on the NAB Show See Our NAB Show News Page]

RW: Looking forward five years, how will radio workflows be different
because of the concepts you’re discussing in this talk? 

Harnack: For most broadcasters workflows will be similar to what they’re doing right now, except for this: Some broadcasters will be using the same hardware platforms they’ve been using while others will be accomplishing their work using completely virtualized systems. And these virtual systems
will be either on-premise or in the cloud. 

So, the workflows for creative minds making good radio and television will
be fairly similar. The differences will be behind the scenes. Are audio
signals being mixed and processed in boxes labeled with the broadcast manufacturers’ names? Or will those boxes have names like “Dell,” “HP” or
“SuperMicro”? 

In the latter case, the broadcast functions are taking place in software containers or in virtual machines that are doing the same work found in the manufacturers’ own boxes. 
A Telos graphic detailing AoIP installation

RW: Can you give an example of a misconception or little-known fact about containerization and its role in broadcasting?

Harnack: Other industries think of containerized software as performing “microservices,” and so can broadcasters. In our case, a “microservice” is
actually a full-fledged audio console, with 24 faders, mic processing, auto mix-minus and full EQ on every channel. Another microservice would be an FM audio processor, or a scalable intercom system which may be configured for worldwide use over the public internet. The computer code running our
broadcast workflow “microservices” is already well-proven in our own compute platforms. Now this code is running on commodity, off-the-shelf servers.

RW: Final thoughts?

Harnack: An extra benefit of performing broadcast functions on commodity hardware is that users can license just the functionality they need. Buy or subscribe to as many or as few telephone hybrids as you need. It’s no
longer dictated by the size and cost of rear-panel connectors. All audio is AoIP, typically AES67. A very custom-fit world awaits broadcast engineers
and other stakeholders.

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Onsite or Cloud: Strategies for Mixing It Up

Posted: 08 Apr 2022 09:24 AM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/tech-and-gear/radio-it-management/onsite-or-cloud-strategies-for-mixing-it-up


Dominic Giambo is manager of technology at Wheatstone, responsible for its WheatNet-IP audio network and routing applications. He has been involved in industry AES67 plugfests as the lead engineer responsible for AES67 implementation in the Wheatstone AoIP network. He’ll speak on Sunday of the NAB Show in the session “Onsite or Cloud: Strategies for Mixing It Up.”

Radio World: What is the theme of your talk?

Dominic Giambo: There are some very practical ways to step into a more cloud-like operation without going all in and having to entrust your entire broadcast chain to a public cloud provider. 

For example, commodity hardware like servers continue to get faster and
less expensive, and we can use these to run program instances of
applications in place of discrete hardware. The benefits can be
significant, from not having to maintain specialized hardware and all the
costs associated with that — like electrical, AC and space — plus there’s a
certain adaptability with software that you just can’t get with hardware alone. 

The next step might be to go to a container model with the use of Docker or similar containerization platform. Containerization doesn’t have the large overhead that you find with virtualization per se, because you can run a
number of different containers that share the same operating system. For example, one container could host WheatNet-IP audio processing tools, while another could host the station automation system, each totally isolated yet
run off the same OS kernel. 

Should you decide to move onto a public cloud provider like Amazon or Microsoft, these containers can then be moved to that platform. Containers
work well on just about all the cloud providers and instance types. Most providers even offer tools to make it easy to manage and coordinate your containers running on their cloud. 

Software as a Service applications that consolidate functions and don’t
have critical live broadcast timing requirements are replacing rows of
desktop computers and racks of processing boxes. 

Streaming and processing are good examples. Migrating these to a cloud environment is straightforward if you already have them running on your servers. The hard work is already done, plus you’ll still have the servers for redundancy or testing and trying new ideas.

[For More News on the NAB Show See Our NAB Show News Page]

RW: Please expand why this is important.

Giambo: If you have a server, for example, you already have the beginnings
of virtualization in the sense that you can offload some of the functions performed on hardware with instances of software. 

There is really no need to invest in a big architecture migration plan.
Just about every modern station has a server or two in their rack room that
has some room to run a virtual mixer or instances of audio processing to
the transmitter site or out to a stream. The work is simply moved onto a
server CPU instead of having that work performed on a dedicated hardware
unit, and as commodity hardware, servers tend to get more powerful quicker
than a dedicated piece of hardware that might be updated less frequently. Example of a Cisco server blade stack, which can be managed by a hypervisor
and output to a fabric interconnect that hooks to an AoIP switch.

RW: What pieces of the broadcast airchain are moving to the cloud?

Giambo: Playout systems are moving to the cloud, and that makes a good case for the mix engine to also be in the cloud. 

Latency is always going to be an issue with programming going into and out
of a server (or cloud) if it’s far away, but there are effective ways to
deal with this. For example, I can see how a local talk show might still be mixed locally in order to preserve that low latency needed for mic feeds
into that mix, but it might be mixed using client software that is based in
the cloud or regional server for general distribution. 

All kinds of processing could be done in the cloud, as well as encoding/streaming tasks for content delivery.

RW: What are the main arguments for doing so?

Giambo: Cloud, and software generally, buys you greater flexibility for
adding on studios, sharing resources between regional locations, and even
for supply chain interruptions that might occur with hardware only. We can
use commodity hardware to do what we might have done with specialized
hardware in the past, and that is only going to get more flexible and affordable as time goes on. 



RW: We saw headlines in late 2021 when Amazon Web Services had several technical failures. What lesson should broadcasters take from that in
planning their infrastructures?

Giambo: That is something that must be considered in any cloud deployment,
for anyone using the cloud. Clearly these platforms are in the bad guys’ crosshairs. There are many points of failure. Some industries can be more tolerant of interruption, but live broadcast is not one of them. 

We need to take this in steps. We may be able to get many of the benefits
of cloud by moving towards a software-based approach first, such as running this software on servers with ever increasing power and then distributing
the control of that equipment remotely using virtual consoles. In a later
step these same servers could be re-tasked to use in redundant backup
scenarios alongside cloud resources to mitigate the security risks of a cloud-based approach. 

Yes, cloud services purport redundancy, but as we’ve seen, it doesn’t always work that way.

RW: What else should we know?

Giambo: For most broadcasters, virtualization or cloud isn’t the goal any more than adding a new codec or AoIP system is the goal. The great thing
about software virtualization is that it uses enterprise commodities, which will inevitably find their way into studios and rack rooms. In that sense,
the planning has already been done, so now it’s just a matter of taking advantage of what you can do with what you have already.

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V-Soft Sets Webinars on Tiger Updates

Posted: 08 Apr 2022 09:18 AM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/tech-and-gear/products/v-soft-sets-webinars-on-tiger-updates

VSoft FMCommander with 2020 Census Tiger files showing Urban areas.

V-Soft announced details of two “how to” webinars about the Probe 5 and FMCommander programs.

The software company recently released the compilation of new 2020 Tiger
area files for use by Probe and FMCommander. They cover urban areas, county lines, county names and the newly released city boundaries.

“The Probe Tiger data also contains state boundary data, county
subdivisions and several other similar overlay files, such as metropolitan divisions and statistical locations,” it said.

Separate sessions on Probe 5 and FMCommander will be held on April 12;
details are at the reg page.



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KMFA Offers First Look Into New Texas Facilities

Posted: 08 Apr 2022 08:48 AM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/kmfa-offers-first-look-into-new-texas-facilities

Texas KMFA Classical 89.5 will hold an open house this month to celebrate
its new location.
KMFA Day will be held on Saturday, April 23 from 2—6 p.m. at KMFA’s new building at 41 Navasota Street in Austin.
This open house will be the first for KMFA at its new location, welcoming
the public to join for a day of building tours (given every hour), family-friendly activities, food and drink, and performances – both outside on the garden patio and inside the stations state-of-the-art Draylen Mason Music Studio.
KMFA Radio’s new home (view form the outside)

Performances located in the Draylen Mason Music Studio have limited seating
and will require an advanced RSVP, which can be done online. Open seats
will be released 10-minutes prior to scheduled studio performances and made available to anyone who does not have reservations.
The Draylen Mason Music Studio, where indoor performances will be held

Outdoor performances and activities will be open to all. The entire event
will be free and open to the public.
Highlights of the performance lineup include two new works.
Convergence will premiere Brent Baldwin’s Peace is Every Step, featuring dancers, a soprano soloist, a chamber chorus and electronics. Additionally, Donald Grantham (Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Centennial Professor of Music, The
Butler School of Music) will have the world premiere of his new work Love
Songs Sweet and Sour.  Grantham’s pieces will be performed by the mezzo-soprano Liz Cass (of LOLA-Local Opera Local Artists and Armstrong Community Music School) and pianist Carla McElhaney.
KMFAs garden patio, where KMFA Days outdoor performances will be held
The Armstrong Community School and Clavier-Werke School of Music will also
be curating educational events throughout the afternoon.
More information on KMFA Day can be found on the station website.
Submit news about your event to radioworld@futurenet.com.

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"Why Reviving Shortwave is a Non-Starter" Sure Got Our Readers Started!

Posted: 08 Apr 2022 07:49 AM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/why-reviving-shortwave-is-a-non-starter-sure-got-our-readers-started


As a long-time RW contributor (my first article was in June 1990) and even longer-time shortwave radio fan and broadcaster (Radio Canada
International, HCJB in Ecuador, radioEARTH, and Monitor Radio; all sadly
now defunct), I have been covering the revival of shortwave radio
transmissions to Eastern Europe for RW with great interest.

So have our loyal RW readers, some of whom have taken great exception to
our recent guest commentary, Why Reviving Shortwave is a
Non-Starter. Written by Keith Perron (previously with Radio Netherlands,
Radio Canada International, and BBC World Service) and Daniel Robinson
(retired White House, congressional and foreign correspondent for Voice of America), their article argued against reviving shortwave radio to reach information-seeking listeners in Russia and Ukraine.

(Writer’s note: Both of these men have devoted much of their careers and passion to shortwave radio. Their credentials as shortwave enthusiasts are
bona fide and undeniable.)

“Today, shortwave hobbyists assert that there is great value in beaming shortwave to Russia where a Putin crackdown closed independent media and
pushed western reporters out,” said the Preeron/Robinson commentary. “But this is like claiming there is a VHS revival, because a few VCRs may still
be floating around. At one time, there may have been millions of shortwave radios across the region. But no longer — gone are the days of people huddling around radios.”

Here’s what our readers had to say about it.

Shortwave Is Not Dead

RW reader and HAM (amateur radio) operator William Pietschman (W8LV)
disagrees with the idea that shortwave radios have more or less vanished
from Eastern Europe. “Shortwave is a ‘standard’ band found on MOST radios outside of North America, so shortwave radios didn’t disappear with the advent of the Internet,” he writes. “SETTING ASIDE Radio ‘hobbyists’, Shortwave radios are STILL being built by manufacturers such as Tecsun (and others) and they wouldn’t be producing them unless ‘someone’ other than ‘radio hobbyists’ was purchasing them.

“The idea of some saying Shortwave is dead is just as stupid as those same individuals saying constantly that Amateur Radio ( HAM) is dead or at least dying,” writes Gary L. Wesley, Jr. (W9CRT). “The fact is Russia and China have retained their Shortwave and analog capabilities to transmit news / propaganda as well as transmitting information / data to their military
units on the ground and in the air.”

Sheldon Harvey is President of the Canadian International DX Club, a
shortwave radio enthusiast organization established 50 years ago. (I know
of Harvey and CIDX from my shortwave broadcasting days back in the 1980s;
both were respected even then.)

Harvey writes, “Interesting as well that there is no mention in the commentary about the amount of money still being spent by the U.S.
government on services like Radio Marti to Cuba; RFE/RL, Radio Free Asia,
etc. which are all using shortwave. So is all of the money on these
services simply being wasted because there are no shortwave radios out
there and that no one is listening Ask the Chinese Government what they
think about the viability of shortwave broadcasting.”

“Why would several international shortwave broadcasters who lost their government funding choose to spend some of the little money they may have
to purchase airtime on independent shortwave transmitters in places like
the USA, Germany, France and other locations,” Harvey adds. “Why would they bother if no one was listening?

Shortwave Radios Are Widely Available

Some RW readers apparently viewed Perron/Robinson’s commentary as implying that shortwave broadcasting was no longer viable because shortwave
receivers were no longer widely available. (They never made this claim, by
the way.)

“Today, while the use of shortwave radio has dropped sharply over the last
20 years, it is paradoxical to note that it has never been so easy to
listen to shortwaves in a very discreet way and for a very modest investment,” writes Paul Jamet from the French shortwave listeners’ group Radio Club du Perche. “Indeed, a few dozen euros are enough to acquire one
of the many ultra-portable DSP receivers marketed by Chinese manufacturers, which most often use a Silicon Labs Si47xx (American) chip Another paradox!”

Sheldon Harvey makes a similar point: “Id ask anyone to do a search for ‘shortwave radios’ on any Internet marketplace site and youll see more companies and models than you could shake a stick at,” he writes. “There are more new models being released at a rate we have not seen for many
years There was a recent statement from Tecsun, from their Australian
office, that quoted annual sales of a million-plus radios per year.”

Listener Groups Are the Tip of the Iceberg

One point in the Perron/Robinson commentary that put some readers’ nooses
out of joint was the following: “Hobbyists and members of the amateur radio community are piling on governments in Canada, Australia and Sweden to
revive shortwave. But purchasing new transmitters costs millions, and for
an audience which is practically nonexistent.”

Harvey responded to this point by writing, “A search on Facebook for the
word ‘shortwave’ for example will yield literally dozens of active groups of users of shortwave radios, literally spread throughout the world. Many
of these groups have memberships of well over 1,000 members each, with some reaching 5-figure memberships.” He then notes that these relatively small numbers do not prove the absence of a much larger shortwave listener
‘Silent Majority’ (my Nixonian-era term, not his). “One could use the analogy that everyone who owns a camera does become a member of a
photography club or group; same goes for shortwave listeners,” Harvey contends. “ Many of them dont have dependable Internet service to even
become members of these online groups.”

Russians Have Access to Radios

Another Perron/Robinson point that apparently irritated readers was this
one: “Thousands, much less millions, of shortwave radios are not somehow hidden away in attics, though some commentators assert that people in
Russia, particularly those with Cold War memories, will suddenly begin
using shortwave to get around Putin and Xi Jinping’s firewalls.”

Paul Jamet tackled this one head-on. “Did the Russians and Ukrainians keep the receivers they used during the cold war? I dont know,” he writes. “But what I do know is that many Russians buy DSP receivers via the AliExpress website! Their comments are numerous and easily spotted with the Russian
flag Also, why would several Chinese companies continue to invest in
research and development to sell DSP receivers that perform amazingly well!
I am not sure that the niche market for radio receivers is sufficient to
make such investments worthwhile.”

Ruminations on Consequences

Within the comments received by RW were some ruminations on the
consequences of governments having allowed shortwave to whither — a point raised by Perron and Robinson themselves – when the vulnerability of the
web and local AM/FM retransmissions being blocked by hostile governments
was obvious for all to see. (This reality has dogged me since the BBC’s decision to retreat from shortwave in favor of cheaper web and locally-retransmitted programming back in 2001. But nobody in power was apparently listening.)

As Gary L. Wesley, Jr. points out, digital media tends to fall short when things hit the fan. “People need to remember during 9/11 HAMs were there to support and pick up the OVERLOAD of the NY public service communications system,” he writes. “We were there for Katrina, the wildfires in the western United States and several other disasters. Feel free to promote the
new forms of cellular communications however when it fails (and it has
multiple times in the past), HAM radio will and Shortwave may be the only
way people can get the life saving information they need.”

This being said, “It’s not cost effective to shut down and then rebuild shortwave infrastructure because of this reality,” William Pietschman
writes. “As a matter of fact, it’s naive and foolish to not have adequate shortwave facilities activity broadcasting information worldwide. Now on
the brink the like of which hasn’t been seen since the Cuban Missile
Crisis, citizens abroad, armed with information might have acted as a
deterrent to keep this war from starting in the first place.”

Closing Thoughts

As a shortwave enthusiast (and recently licensed HAM) who still has a
longwire antenna and a radio room stocked with receivers — although not enough, because you can never have too many radios – I am more than sympathetic to the case made by RW’s readers in support of reviving
shortwave broadcasts to Europe. And much as I respect the strong logic of Perron/Robinson’s closing argument that “In 2022, Ukrainians and Russians need 21st century solutions, not a legacy technology primarily being kept
alive by hobbyists,” I am not sure that I agree with it.

After all, according to the Human Rights Foundation, USB drives are
frequently used to smuggle forbidden information into North Korea. Now, a
USB drive is not a shortwave radio, but the two can share the same purpose
in closed societies: namely serving as the best available options for
getting outside information in when most other paths have been blocked.

Meanwhile, although some Russians are reportedly using VPNs and the Dark
Web to access Western news sites, I rather doubt that they are in the older
age brackets. Meanwhile, internet access is not something that Ukrainian refugees can easily obtain, I suspect, while a portable radio is probably doable. This being said, Western broadcasts beamed onto these nations via
AM/MW would be more likely to be heard than those carried on shortwave,
because AM/FM radios are still ubiquitous.

The bottom line: The points raised by everyone in this debate are worth raising. Yet, all sides seem to share a common belief: The West needs to
get uncensored news and information to Russians behind Putin’s ‘New Iron Curtain’. All that’s at issue is the best way to do it. Logically, using all means possible — including shortwave radio — would seem to maximize our chances of success.

[Related: An Argument for Shortwave Radio, Its Benefits in Times of Crisis]


James Careless is an award-winning freelance journalist with experience in radio/TV broadcasting as well as A/V equipment, system design and
integration. He has written for Radio World, TV Tech, Systems Contractor
News and AV Technology among others. Broadcast credits include CBC Radio,
NPR and NBC News. He co-produces/co-hosts the “CDR Radio podcast” and is a
two-time winner of the PBI Media Award for Excellence.

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MMTC Proposes Compromise Approach to Multilingual Alerts

Posted: 07 Apr 2022 11:31 AM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/business-and-law/mmtc-proposes-compromise-approach-to-multilingual-alerts


The Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council is proposing a
compromise on the issue of how to help non-English-speaking radio listeners
in the United States get crucial emergency information after a natural disaster.

MMTC representatives met last month with Federal Communications Commission officials to discuss it. In a letter summarizing the meeting, the
organization reiterated its belief that an entirely voluntary system of multilingual emergency alerts is not enough to ensure that broadcast
stations are providing useful alerts to their communities.

A voluntary system is favored by the National Association of Broadcasters.
In contrast, the MMTC has argued for a process that it calls the “radio station designated-hitter system,” in which English-language radio stations would partner with non-English stations in their markets and provide news
and information if the non-English station is knocked off the air.

In a past response, the NAB described the idea as well-intentioned but ill-conceived, pressing the FCC to instead help non-English stations
improve their own resiliency.

The MMTC has rebutted that assessment before, saying that a fully volunteer proposal is unproductive.

Now it says that a hybrid approach could be useful. Its suggestion is to combine the NAB’s volunteer approach with what the MMTC called a “regulatory backstop” that assigns a designated hitter station in markets where no one has volunteered.

In their discussion with FCC staff about how such a program would be implemented, the organization suggested that a rulemaking proceeding could
help establish the criteria that a station would need to serve as a
designated hitter station. A broadcaster who has volunteered would need to provide notice to the community. And in markets without a volunteer, the commission would hold a lottery or contact broadcasters directly for volunteers.

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Exhibitor Preview: Orban at the NAB Show

Posted: 07 Apr 2022 11:13 AM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/show-news/nab-show/exhibitor-preview-orban-at-the-nab-show


The NAB Show is only a couple of weeks away, and Radio World is asking exhibitors about their plans and expectations. Mike Pappas is the VP of business development for Orban.



Radio World: What do you anticipate will be the most significant technology trend(s) that radio professionals should be watching for at the 2022 NAB
Show?
Mike Pappas, VP of business development for Orban

Mike Pappas: The larger players in the industry are making a strong move
toward virtualization, where operations are server-based or even
cloud-based. This provides some key advantages including centralized
control and reduced hardware costs for broadcast groups. And anyone who
isn’t adding internet broadcasting to their operations is missing out on a very large audience.

RW: What will be your most important product news or exhibit theme?

Pappas: We are showing our Optimod XPN-Enterprise, a Linux-based processing platform. This system uses enterprise quality, commercial-off-the-shelf
(COTS) Dell hardware. Over a hundred channels are on-the-air today with hundreds more coming in 2022. 

The XPN-AM has been updated to also use this robust COTS Dell hardware.
Over the last 12 months the XPN-AM has become the most popular AM processor
in Orban history.  It’s on the air everywhere in markets big and small.  Additionally Burk is introducing API control of the XPN-AM at the NAB Show allowing preset and transmission  recall.

And there might be a couple of surprises at the show.
The Linux-based Optimod XPN-Enterprise, now available, provides processing
for up to 8 FM channels, 8 HD/DAB+ channels, and 8 Internet stream
channels, for a total of 24 output channels. (photo via Orban)

[For More News on the NAB Show See Our NAB Show News Page]

RW: If you are introducing a new product or feature, how is it different
from what’s available on the market?

Pappas: We have the only Linux-based processing platform with hundreds of channels already delivered.  

RW: How has the lack of physical trade shows for the past three years
affected your company’s clients or your own business?

Pappas: Besides my wife packing my suitcase and leaving it by the front
door?  But seriously, the lack of one-on-one direct contact with customers
has been challenging. This in-person contact is not only highly fulfilling,
it drives the expansion of product concepts and ideas.  I personally miss
it a lot — I drove more than 9,000 miles in 2020 during our Nielsen PPM
field trials alone.  

While we’ve been waiting for the return to in-person contact, we really focused on new product development and with the supply chain issues we
worked hard to make sure we could deliver the product our customers want
when they need it.

RW: Anything else we should know?

Pappas: We are looking forward to seeing our customers at the NAB Show and showing them all of the new Orban technology we have been working on. We’re in the West Hall, booth W7826. And for those customers who can’t attend
this year or are still uncomfortable with in-person gatherings, we’re available via phone.



 Orban Booth: W7826

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Nautels Schmid Talks Transport

Posted: 07 Apr 2022 10:40 AM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/news-makers/nautels-schmid-talks-transport


At the 2022 NAB Show, Nautel’s Chief Technology Officer Philipp Schmid will present “A Cloud-Capable Synchronized Transport Architecture for FM and HD Radio Broadcasting” on Tuesday April 26.

Radio World: What is the premise?
Nautel’s Chief Technology Officer Philipp Schmid

Philipp Schmid: I will be presenting and demonstrating an integrated FM and

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