WorldCast Systems, a leading global supplier of radio broadcast solutions, announces a major evolution for its APT range. In line with the market’s transition to offer both hardware and virtualized solutions, the APT IP Codec is now available as a software solution – the Virtual APT IP Codec.

WorldCast CONNECT announces software release 4.7 of Kybio, its unified, vendor-agnostic NMS for media and broadcast. This major release, to showcase at the IBC Show, provides a host of new features to simplify day-to-day monitoring and improve user experience and workflow efficiency. 

WorldCast Systems, a leading global supplier of radio broadcast solutions, strengthens its QoS monitoring portfolio with the Audemat FM Probe. This highly complete solution enables accurate monitoring, measurement, and analysis of the FM signal. Broadcasters and regulation authorities can perform remote monitoring of a set list of channels as well as verify the conformity of their FM network with both legislation and their broadcasting needs.

South Africa’s public broadcaster invests in CGI’s dira! solution for new playout production and music scheduling system

CGI, the leading newsroom and radio system provider in Europe, has announced the successful rollout of its dira! solution across eight of the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) 19 radio stations. The rollout to the remaining radio stations continues in 2022.

The contract, won via a competitive tender process, has seen the SABC invest in CGI’s full dira! Solution Suite, including Onair Player, Highlander, Scheduler, Startrack, Orion and Broadcast Report. The proof of concept and subsequent implementation by CGI has achieved the SABC’s goal to enable dira’s use throughout the company’s radio environment - from sales, sport, news and current affairs to education and drama.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, television and radio stations across the country scrambled to find ways to keep delivering the news while maintaining the health and safety of its employees. For Philadelphia’s NBC10 WCAU, that meant having their staff work from home. With this change in location, the station’s legendary meteorologist, Bill Henley, had to find an audio solution capable of delivering studio quality sound for his much-needed weather reports. Henley found the solution he needed for live weather broadcasts in the 6060 CORE Subminiature Lavalier and MMA-A Digital Audio Interfacefrom DPA Microphones.

Following the purchase of United States firm Broadcast Electronics, Elenos Group will officially launch the opening of Itelco America at the 2018 NAB Show, which runs from April 7–12 in Las Vegas. Both BE and Itelco America will be present on booth N6106.

Visual radio is a growing trend, as many radio stations around the world are providing live video feeds of their radio programming via the Internet in an effort to turn listeners into viewers. Broadcast Pix today announced Ina EXPERT, an international school for broadcasting and new media careers based in France, has installed VOX visual radio systems at two of its campuses to address the need for training for this new element of radio broadcasting.

Trilogy Communications, a trusted global provider of high quality intercom systems and SPGs for TV studios, mobile production, playout and post will feature enhancements to its Messenger intercom system at CABSAT 2014.

Messenger is an entry level yet powerful matrix-based intercom that includes the comprehensive features and functionality typically only found in far more expensive systems.

UK designer and manufacturer of broadcast and professional audio products BCD Audio has launched new products coinciding with the opening of their new web shop.

BCD Audio managing director Mike Law said We were asked to create these products for the television studios at New Broadcasting House, and are delighted to make them available to other users as well.  All of these units are available from our new web shop, along with our Black Boxes and PAM audio monitor system. We hope customers will find the web shop a useful method of gathering information and placing purchases.

PAM has had a makeover and its bringing acclaim and commercial success to UK company BCD Audio. PAM is the acronym for the Presenter Audio Monitor system, for use in the television gallery and on the studio floor, designed and built in the UK and being used increasingly in television and radio studios around the world.