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AudioScience Reminds Users of CobraNet End of Life

Posted: 25 May 2022 03:00 PM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/tech-and-gear/products/audioscience-reminds-users-of-cobranet-end-of-life


AudioScience is reminding customers who use its CobraNet-based products
that the underlying technology will no longer be available soon and they
need to place final orders.

Earlier this year the company wrote in an email to clients, “We have been notified of the end-of-life date of the Cirrus Logic chip, the main
component needed for CobraNet, with the option to make a last-time
purchase. AudioScience is asking all CobraNet customers to place a
last-time purchase. We ask for your assistance to ensure we are able to
cover the quantities your company requires.”

Now, AudioScience is telling customers that May 31 is the final day to
place those necessary orders.

Because this is the last time to buy these end-of-life products, the
company said the warranty for any failed units will be “repair only if possible.”

Current lead times for chip orders are 50 weeks or more. “As we all know
this is ever-changing and we hope this will change for the better soon.

Orders placed before the end of the month will be non-cancelable and non-returnable, with 40% of payment due at time of purchase.

The company said affected users should send purchase orders covering outstanding quotes, including spares for the rest of this year.

“If you have longer-term contract commitments for CobraNet product support, these quantities should also be added/included in this purchase.”

CobraNet is a technology from Cirrus Logic that provideed distribution of isochronous digital audio, control and monitoring data over Ethernet. AudioScience developed a variety of CobraNet sound cards and standalone CobraNet interfaces.

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Read the May 25, 2022 Issue of Radio World

Posted: 25 May 2022 12:48 PM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/resource-center/digital-editions/read-the-may-25-2022-issue-of-radio-world


At Kintronic Labs, engineering excellence runs in the family. We talked
with Tom King about his company, the state of AM and his feelings as his
son Joshua takes the corporate reins.

Also, TuneIn’s Richard Stern on why he’s bullish on radio; Dick Pust offers four tips for listener engagement; and in Workbench, a shocking discovery.

Read it here.

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Summer Edition of Global Radio Guide Now Available

Posted: 25 May 2022 10:02 AM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/tech-and-gear/products/summer-edition-of-global-radio-guide-now-available


The newest version of the Global Radio Guide is out. In this 18th edition, author Gayle Van Horn discusses familiar players and familiar places as the radio industry responds to Russias invasion of Ukraine.

Just like these events have brought up once buried feelings, it has also brought what many thought to be “old” technology back to the forefront, he said. While internet access is one of the first targets of invading regimes intent on controlling the narrative, the vast reach of shortwave radio transcends borders and other forms of connectivity.

It is déjà vu with a front row view.

The guide includes articles about the international broadcasters on the
front lines as well as detailed information about the monitoring of
utilities on the shortwave bands, including military communications.  

The 18th edition also includes its usual 24-hour station/frequency guide
with schedules for selected AM band, longwave, and shortwave radio
stations. Plus, listings of DX radio programs and Internet website
addresses for many of the stations included. 

Whether you monitor shortwave radio broadcasts, mediumwave, amateur radio operators, or aeronautical, maritime, government, or military
communications in the HF radio spectrum, this book has the information you
need to help you to hear it all.

The current edition of the Global Radio Guide is available on the Teak Publishing website and via Amazon.

[Related: Newest Edition of Global Radio Guide Hits the Streets]

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Thoughts on Shortwaves Heritage and Future

Posted: 25 May 2022 09:08 AM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/guest-commentaries/thoughts-on-shortwaves-heritage-and-future


Radio World’s “Guest Commentaries” section provides a platform for industry
thought leaders and other readers to share their perspective on radio news, technological trends and more. If you’d like to contribute a commentary, or reply to an already published piece, send a submission to radioworld@futurenet.com.
Below is perspective from Ruxandra Obreja, consortium chairman of Digital
Radio Mondiale (DRM), in response to the commentary “Shortwave Revival a Non-Starter? The Authors Respond. Her commentaries appear regularly at radioworld.com.

Seldom have we seen so much passion and polarizing views as in the recent articles for and against shortwave. From “it’s dead and gone” to “this is
the revival, all shades of opinion concerning this simple and
all-encompassing platform have been expressed vigorously. 

Shortwave Has a Pedigree

Shortwave, currently used for large-area, regional and international
coverage in the developing world, certainly registered a decline in the
past two decades (but it never died, as you can see here). This loss of pre-eminence in the developed world after the Cold War is not surprising.
The platforms available nowadays, in the so called global village, include basic internet connections (browsing, emails, messaging apps of any type),
to the prolific social media products (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter,
Reddit), as well as video, radio and TV apps, satellites, mobiles give the impression that the whole world is truly connected!

At least this is the view from Washington, London, or Berlin. But there are
the same proportion of people in Europe and America with everyday internet access as there are in Africa with no way to access to it. In such regions, shortwave and mediumwave radio remains essential for many, one of only a
few reliable means to receive communication.

Since the arrival of AM and FM some seventy years ago, the invention of at least three largely recognized digital broadcasting systems (DRM, DAB/DAB+
and HD) is the most notable radio development. Digital Radio Mondiale — the DRM open-source global standard — is the latest and most advanced of the three systems, but the only one that can digitize radio in all frequency
bands and the only digital option for shortwave.  

Closing shortwave transmitters and then trying to restart them presents a
huge time, effort and financial challenge. However, nowadays, broadcasters
can often buy shortwave transmission hours, in digital, too, from third
party distributors, and do not necessarily need to rebuild a comprehensive infrastructure.

Tests, Demonstrations of Broadcasts?

Since its invention in 1998 DRM has been amply demonstrated all over the
world. DRM demonstrations are taking place all the time. Last year, trials
were completed in India, Brazil and Russia, and are currently underway in Australia (AM and FM) and Denmark (FM). The standard DRM features are
shared across all the frequency bands.

Although many broadcasters have reduced their shortwave transmissions, some have opted for DRM to continue in shortwave. The quality of these
broadcasts is exceptional, affording FM-like quality over large areas.

The DRM Consortium is aware of the following regular DRM shortwave transmissions: Ceske Telekomunikacie, B.U.T.E, Funklust bitXpress, Radio
France International, BBC World Service, Radio Romania International, Radio Kuwait, WINB, All India Radio and soon Pakistan. Voice of Nigeria has DRM capability and has been broadcasting in DRM. There’s Radio Marti in the USA (WMLK is currently being upgraded). Radio New Zealand has a limited
schedule, as they only now have one and not two transmitters. Trans World
Radio (KTWR), China National Radio, Radio Purga, and even Pyongyang Broadcasting Station. Various other stations can be heard broadcasting in
DRM, sometimes at significant power, but their owners are unknown, since
there is no requirement for licenses to implement DRM broadcasts.

Not all broadcasters or countries the DRM Consortium cooperates with have current digital shortwave capabilities, though they have tested and
installed DRM transmitters for other frequency bands (in FM, Indonesia – SW DRM testing is planned). Others have mandated digital sound broadcasting
DRM for AM (mediumwave) and FM, and DAB+ for band III (South African
government policy since April 2021).                   

[Related: Shortwave Revival a Non-Starter? The Authors Respond]          

The number of shortwave broadcasts has recently increased as the tragic
events in Ukraine and Russia have reminded us of how internet can be simply shut down and FM towers fall victim to bombardment and power blackouts. 

Radio Miami International have announced additional shortwave radio
broadcasts on its 100,000-watt transmitter to Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and other parts of Eastern Europe (with content from Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty). The BBC World Service also resumed four-hour
daily broadcasts in shortwave to ensure that people in many parts of
Ukraine and Russia can access its news service. BBC World Service has about
40 language services and up to 25 million shortwave listeners in Africa
alone (as officially reported). Radio Vatican also added Ukrainian language services to its broadcasts. 
Ascension Island shortwave station in the Atlantic Ocean run by Encompass
media for BBC broadcasts to Africa. The site has also been used for DRM
tests. (Photo via DRM)

The BBC and its partners (Encompass Media Services) are currently testing
DRM for medium wave from Cyprus for international coverage. And my former
BBC colleagues are constantly evaluating the shortwave, analog and DRM
options for the future BBC international coverage. 

So is USAGM, as already mentioned in a RW article: “USAGM is in the middle
of a multi-million-dollar expansion of shortwave capability at one of its facilities at this very moment. In the past decade, no USG shortwave
stations have been shut down, except for one that was beyond economical
repair due to severe storm damage.”

Old Transmitters in Analog or New Digital Ones?

Today all modern shortwave transmitters are incorporating all the functionalities of the Digital Radio Mondiale standard. They are
“DRM-ready. In the past 12 months inquiries about adding DRM capabilities
to new or old transmitters (as only transmitters built after 2000 can be upgraded to DRM) has increased, in some cases, up to 50%, according to
Ampegon, one such shortwave transmitter manufacturer based in Switzerland.

Simon Keens, Sales and Business Development Manager at Ampegon believes
this “tech from the past” image, generally labelling analog shortwave, may have obscured the great advantages of modern shortwave. He states: ‘digital shortwave is no longer a power-hungry transmission method. It is modern and efficient. Gone are the crackling sound and fading. Broadcasters have the possibility to broadcast crystal-clear FM quality stereo sound on more
audio channels and complement the sound with images and videos at the same
time in a dedicated channel. This can provide enormous benefits to
displaced people or populations under censorship or other emergencies.’

[Related: Why Reviving Shortwave is a Non-Starter Sure Got Our Readers Started!]

We get daily reports of excellent DRM shortwave broadcasts sent from
Romania and received as far as Brazil, or from India and received in Dubai,
or even further afield, as this Australian listener testifies: “I have listened to the BBC World Service from Singapore. The broadcasts are aimed
at India. I listened to a Kiwi SDR 4000 km away in the opposite direction
and it never missed a beat, for an hour a day for weeks”. 

This is 21st century digital shortwave delivering perfect audio. The
greatest drawback of analog SW has been eliminated. The other great benefit
is the significant energy savings offered by a DRM shortwave transmitter
which can be openly demonstrated using the DRM tool, based upon manufacturers’ test data.

Though analog shortwave is mostly associated with international
broadcasters, there are many countries still using it for their domestic audiences, too (Peru, India, Africa, China). Brazil continues to cover its Amazon region with analog shortwave signals. The recent DRM test was
completed successfully: it did not “stall” but was finished and the test results are available. The current tender for new SW transmitters specifies
DRM capability.

Therefore, every time the DRM consortium hear that shortwave is “old hat” and that even the Ukrainians and Russians need 21st technology such as VPN
or Tor, not shortwave, let us stress that DRM digital radio is also a 21st century platform. It fits in a diverse media landscape with more players
and more interests than ever before.

Where Are the DRM Receivers?

This remains a valid question. There are fewer DRM receivers out there than those of other digital standards. There are also fewer than those sitting
on shop shelves or in homes. But DRM receivers are already abundant in
cars. In only five years, more than 4.5 million Indian cars manufactured by great brands, from Maruti-Suzuki to Toyota and Mercedes-Benz, have been
sold with DRM receivers! There are SDR solutions and mobile applications.
There are some very good standalone or pocket receivers, like those manufactured in China (though currently more difficult to get hold of
because of COVID). There are also other developments. We are most excited
about the very low-cost (we are close to the magic figures of $10-20
dollars), innovative DRM chipset, and receiver devised in the UK by
Cambridge Consultants and CML Microelectronics.
A car dashboard in India with a DRM receiver included (photo via DRM)

The DRM receivers feature both analog and DRM in most or all bands. Still, receivers do not get pollinated by bees. People will not buy them without
more DRM transmissions. What is needed then? Extensive communication about broadcasts, consumer demand and manufacturers available to produce
receivers in large quantities. But while some broadcasters deny DRM as
feasible because there are no receivers, no-one will order receivers in quantity while there are no broadcasts. However, there is huge potential
for enormous profit for the first people to close the circle. The DRM Consortium can encourage all our excellent members, and the industry in general, but it cannot manufacture receivers itself or order them in
industrial quantities on behalf of broadcasters.

Our conclusions broadly mirror the following statement from an independent Irish broadcasting consultant: There can be no direct replacement for
Shortwave as the first line of international broadcasting, especially for
most of Africa, some regions in Asia, the Pacific and South America and worldwide in case of political or religious instability, regional or
widespread conflict and calamities.”

For the DRM Consortium, the shortwave glass is half full as there is
nothing really to replace shortwave, even with its limitations, in many
parts of the world. 

We are also realistic and see DRM shortwave as one of the important options
and valuable complements in the medias deck of cards. Shortwave also needs affordable digital receivers and they are coming, so do not write off
shortwave yet. 

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EV Noise Is on Program at AES Automotive Event

Posted: 25 May 2022 04:00 AM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/show-news/ev-noise-is-on-program-at-aes-automotive-event


Representatives of Xperi and the National Association of Broadcasters will share what they’ve learned about electromagnetic interference in electric vehicles and its impact on AM radio audio at an upcoming Audio Engineering Society event.

Pooja Nair and Ashruf El-Dinary of Xperi will join David Layer of NAB discussing the issue.

The effects of EMI are more pronounced in electric vehicles and is
particularly disruptive to AM reception. Nair has written that AM HD Radio signals are more resistant to EMI than their analog counterparts, and that advanced DSP and digital communications techniques make those signals more robust than analog AM signals, especially in all-digital MA3 mode. 

[Read Nair’s commentary in Radio World on this topic.]

The AES 2022 International Automotive Audio Conference will take place June 8–10 in Detroit.


The conference covers such topics as automotive acoustics, virtual speaker integration, modeling and measurement, system architecture and hardware,
and supply chain and sourcing issues. The target audience is audio professionals engaged in the development of vehicle sound systems.

A keynote from Dirac Research’s Mathias Johansson will address “The Automotive Industry Transformation and the Demand for High In-Car Audio Quality,” while Dolby’s Andreas Ehret will address “Immersive Audio Experience in Automobiles.”

Companies represented on the event committee include JJR Acoustics,
Panasonic, Dirac, Harman, IAV, Nissan and Ford. The schedule of events is available online.

Conference Chair Roger Shively said in the announcement, “Understanding the science and technology applied to automotive sound systems in today’s vehicles, and to the design of advanced infotainment and communication
systems of tomorrow, requires exploration of acoustics, DSP processing,
test and evaluation, and the full span of additional specialties.”

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Take 1 Has NPR Transcription Contract

Posted: 25 May 2022 04:00 AM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/tech-and-gear/products/take-1-has-npr-transcription-contract


From our Who’s Buying What page: NPR recently signed on with Take 1 to provide transcription services for the next three years. The contract
started in January. 

“Take 1 is providing NPR with highly accurate, XML-based transcriptions for over 30 daily and weekly programs and limited series, with turnaround times ranging from a few days to just a few hours,” the supplier said in its announcement.

“The multipurpose nature of NPR’s transcripts means that accuracy and fast turnarounds are equally important to the organization.”

Transcriptions are distributed to member stations and are published on the
NPR website.  

“Academic publishers also distribute the transcripts to libraries across
the world where English is spoken (as well as Latin America and China)
where they are made available as searchable data in research platforms that partner with NPR: LexisNexis, ProQuest, Westlaw, Dow Jones, EBSCO, Gale Cengage and Newsbank.”
Louise Tapia is CEO of Take 1.

The transcriptions also are part of NPR’s content production process and
are supplied as XML to integrate with its  internal workflows.   

Laura Soto-Barra is chief of Research Archives & Data Strategy at NPR. She
said the network’s transcription needs are unusual because of their volume, need for accuracy and rush deadlines, as well as specialized topics.

Take 1 is based in the United Kingdom, with U.S. offices in Los Angeles and Connecticut, and an office in Santiago, Chile.

[See Our Who’s Buying What Page]

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Nomono Releases Its Sound Capsule

Posted: 25 May 2022 04:00 AM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/tech-and-gear/products/nomono-releases-its-sound-capsule


Nomono, a Norwegian startup that wants to expand the use of spatial audio, released two tools aimed at podcasters and broadcasters.

The company was at the NAB Show recently telling its story. It wants to “transform the listening experience by enabling anyone to record
object-based spatial audio in the field that is compatible with formats
from binaural all the way to Dolby Atmos.”

Nomono was founded three years ago by CTO Audun Solvang, CEO Jonas Rinde
and Head of Software Sigurd Saue. It has received funding from various seed investors.

It says the hardware and software it introduced today will simplify field recording, file management, collaboration and production “while paving the way for a spatial audio future.”

The platform includes the Nomono Sound Capsule. It is a Wi-Fi enabled
recorder that uses four small wireless lav mics and a 360-degree spatial
audio microphone array.


The capsule connects to a web app that creators can use to back up
recordings, collaborate and apply dialogue enhancement processing.

The Sound Capsule costs $3,000. The basic Nomono Web App is free, with a limitation on how storage and processing. The advanced tier is available
for $19 per month per seat.

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Nomono says current podcasting workflows depend on separate field
recorders, microphones, mixers, and accessories as well as collaboration
tools like Dropbox, Google Drive or iCloud. “Nomono offers a portable, all-in-one field recording solution built specifically for podcasters and journalists that automatically uploads recordings to an intuitive
cloud-based audio collaboration and preparation tool.”

The capsule captures up to four guests and immersive scene tape. The
wireless mics capture uncompressed audio files and transmit them to the recorder asynchronously. 
A promotional image of the web app display

The recorder includes an ambisonic mic array to capture a high-resolution
3D recording of the environment, ambience and voices of participants. 

Audio captured is uploaded wirelessly to the Nomono Web App, a cloud
resource and audio collaboration tool that uses artificial intelligence to perform signal processing to help separate foreground dialogue from the background environment.

The company says creators can produce content using these tools as they
usually do but can then make the transition to spatial audio production as needed.

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TuneIns Stern on Why Hes Bullish on Radio

Posted: 25 May 2022 02:00 AM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/news-makers/tuneins-stern-on-why-hes-bullish-on-radio


Streaming and on-demand audio provider TuneIn is playing a central role in
the so-called “audio renaissance” in the United States as COVID has transformed radio listening habits. 

The company, founded by Bill Moore in 2002 as RadioTime, has apps for
iPhone and Android and streams 100,000+ radio stations from around the
world. It’s also available via Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, has desktop apps for Windows and MacOS and recently announced a partnership with Harman
by Samsung.

TuneIn also has agreements with entertainment brands like the NHL, NBA and ESPN. The platform, which offers a free and pay premium service, says it reaches over 80 million listeners monthly worldwide, with 30 million of
those in the U.S. 

In late 2020 the San Francisco-based company appointed Richard Stern,
former chief product officer at Audible, as CEO. Stern’s stated goal: “to reinvent radio as a digital medium and continue to drive the live audio streaming revolution well into the future.” At that time the company also announced that it had received new financial support from investor
Innovation Endeavors.
A logo for the new TuneIn On Air platform, which “gives emerging
broadcasters access to the same tools and distribution used by the biggest broadcasters in the world.”

More recently it launched TuneIn On Air, a platform designed for
independent podcasters and other long-tail content creators. It costs $249
per quarter for commercial entities, with reduced rates to nonprofit organizations and academic institutions.

Stern, who also has held leadership roles at Sony PlayStation and Amazon, recently discussed TuneIn’s strategies and product development plans, and broadcast radio’s rollout of digital platforms. 

Radio World: Assess the intricacies of the relationship between TuneIn and radio broadcasters.

Richard Stern: Our mission is to work with radio broadcasters to ready the radio business for the connected world. And what that means for us is being
a partner to broadcasters as they transition from the legacy business model
and the terrestrial distribution capabilities into a full stack digital distribution model and monetization model in the future. 

We are in the radio content distribution business. That’s means going from
AM and FM radio tuners to being ubiquitous as to how a customer may choose
to listen and engage with radio’s digital content. TuneIn is an open
platform so we work with any licensed broadcaster to help them distribute
and monetize their content.  
Richard Stern

RW: What are some of the ways you work with radio broadcasters to monetize their content?

Stern: We have the ability to let our broadcast partners engage in multiple explorations, whether that be monetizing listening through advertising to helping them explore subscription. We have a subscription offering that broadcasters can participate in if they would like to. 

And there’s the data, which really helps them understand who their audience is and where their audience is listening to help them connect more meaningfully. We want to partner as deeply as possible with broadcasters. 

RW: How do radio stations make themselves available on the TuneIn app?

Stern: There are several ways to work with us. Broadcasters can simply ask
us to have their streams listed in our directory, which makes the content searchable and accessible on the app. Some broadcasters also want a monetization relationship with us, so as we bring in new listening to them
we are able to create new monetization opportunities and we rev share on
that.

Some content creators and broadcasters want to license their content to us.
So in the case of simulcast, for instance with the NBCUniversal family of properties; those deals are licensed, so we license that content and don’t share in revenue. This is something we have focused on the past 22 months.
But we want to remain flexible with broadcasters and find a fit that works
for them and us.

RW: TuneIn has a free app version and an ad-free platform. Describe the differences.

Stern: So on the free listening side we put pre-rolls before the stream
starts and we have the play advertising inside of our app. In those cases
the broadcasters in turn make money on in-stream advertising when a
customer listens. Sometimes we rev-share against that pre-roll and display inventory with stations we have closer relationships with. We may also
include other considerations in those deals like promotion and prominence
in exchange for that.

Our subscription product doesn’t have any advertising in it, but has recurring revenue from subscribers. In certain cases we share that revenue
with partners who have decided to work with us around that product.

RW: TuneIn is privately held with approximately 100 employees at its San Francisco headquarters. Is the company profitable?

Stern: We don’t release financials, but we are growing. We are profitable.
In fact, we just finished our first full year of profitable operations in
the company’s 20-year history in 2021. And we see a big opportunity to help accelerate the digital transformation of radio. 

Because of the pandemic the global radio audience stopped listening to
radio in their cars since everybody was staying at home. They instead discovered the world of radio on a variety of consumer electronic devices
in their homes. And I think that started a conversation with many of our
radio partners that even with terrestrial radio listening diminished they discovered digital was very viable. That accelerated the digital transformation.

From our standpoint, COVID presented opportunities for us and our broadcast partners. Radio broadcasters make great content and they need a technology partner who can be turn-key to take advantage of the digital growth and
TuneIn was there to answer the call.

RW: You sound optimistic about the future of radio and how it fits into the world of digital audio streaming.

Stern: I’m incredibly bullish on radio as a medium and how it fits into digital and audio streaming. Broadcast radio looking at a digital
incarnation. The challenge for radio lies in the fragmentation of the
industry. There are so many voices in the room trying to determine how this crossover into digital will happen. The industry hasn’t perhaps been as focused as it needed to be for a whole host of reasons.

But how much has television changed as it crossed over to digital? Or how
much has film changed as a medium? And music? The actual medium hasn’t changed that much. What has changed is the sophistication of the
distribution, the data and the monetization model. My hope is we can enable
a broadcast medium, which is just as relevant today as it ever has been, to crossover to digital. 

It’s true that new players have emerged, but there is more consumer
appetite for entertainment. Just look at the growth of Netflix on the video side. We would have never dreamed of that platform 20 years ago. A lot of
that growth is because of the digital transformation and the ability of customers to engage with content anyway they want. 

I don’t think radio is there yet. Radio still has a lot of friction from customers wanting to listen to them being able to listen to whatever they
want. I think TuneIn can be a valuable part of their portfolio as they step into the digital world.

RW: What do you think is the next step for radio in the world of digital
audio streaming?

Stern: What we are preparing for is a world where AM and FM tuners just are
not in the hands of customers. The last bastion that most folks have for
radio is in their cars, but if you look at the relationships we have with Tesla, Rivian or Lucid, which are EV startups, or more legacy auto manufacturers moving toward EV, the radio is being replaced with a software-based infotainment system.

The system will be a like an Android-based tablet that has in-car streaming capabilities. The question for the broadcast industry is how to achieve prominence such that people can find your app in that environment and
engage with your content.

TuneIn is already being pre-installed in many connected vehicles, like
Tesla, along with most of the GM vehicles and Volvo and Mercedes. I think
that is one of the values of our platform and scale. We can work directly
with the auto manufacturers and ensure we are there and accessible. Much
like the relationship we have with Amazon and Google and other consumer electronics manufacturers. And our customers can benefit from that
integration.

Some radio broadcasters have gone the direct route and have their own apps
and can integrate some of these vehicles. But I think they should also be
on TuneIn and hedge their bets. 

RW: What business strategies is Tune-In investing in? 


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