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Quicklink Joins The SRT Alliance

Radio+Television Business Report
4 years ago

Quicklink is now a part of the SRT Alliance, the open-source initiative dedicated to overcoming the challenges of low-latency video streaming.

The SRT open-source video transport protocol has initially been adopted in Quicklink’s STS410, a hybrid switcher.

The SRT Alliance, founded by Haivision in April 2017, already has more than 450 members. Its mission is to overcome the challenges of low-latency live streaming by supporting the collaborative development of SRT (Secure Reliable Transport), the open source streaming project.

“Quicklink are extremely excited and proud to join the SRT Alliance and adopt SRT as a protocol within our solutions,” said Richard Rees, CEO of Quicklink. “We are seeing SRT gaining huge momentum as a video transport protocol within the industry. As a result of this growth, we have received a huge number of requests from customers to integrate SRT within the Quicklink solutions.”

Quicklink also plans to roll-out SRT adoption across the entire range of Quicklink’s award-winning video and audio contribution solutions.

“We’re pleased to see the SRT protocol being actively implemented by some of the world’s biggest broadcast and enterprise streaming workflows as its adoption and industry-wide recognition continues to grow, becoming the defacto standard for low latency internet streaming.” said Jesús (Suso) Carrillo, Director of SRT Alliance at Haivision.

 

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Dish Places Higher Offering of Senior Notes

Radio+Television Business Report
4 years ago

It’s an upsized debt offering from a company pivoting from direct broadcast satellite-delivered cable TV services to a major 5G wireless internet connectivity conveyor.

DISH Network on Monday priced an offering of an aggregate principal amount of its Senior Notes due 2029. It is higher than what DISH thought it would be when it announced the offering.

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WMBS Acquires JVC Video Camera

Radio World
4 years ago

Uniontown, Pa., station WMBS, has made local content a priority since its founding in 1937. It goes so far as to cover local high school sports.

To polish that offering the station purchased a JVC Professional GY-HC500SPC Connected Cam. The sports content-focused digital video camera can produce 4K video along with offering unusual features supporting sports score services and overlays along with native streaming capability. The camera feed is routed to the station’s website and Facebook page. Some local businesses have also picked up the stream and the station has posted final cuts of games on YouTube.

[See Our Who’s Buying What Page]

WMBS General Manager Brian Mroziak said, “Some people watch on the web or Facebook, while others are listening on the radio, so the announcers have to be as descriptive as possible. However, since there’s now a visual side to the broadcast, we want to appeal to the people who are watching the picture itself.”

He added, “A big part of that is being able to display the game score, like one might find in a professional sports broadcast. The fact that JVC has a partnership with ScoreHub makes it possible for us to connect directly to the live scoreboard and instantly showcase the information in our broadcast.”

“The JVC camera is so much easier than any other type of camera because the team can use the camera itself to go direct to Facebook; you don’t have to worry about bringing laptops or any graphics software.” Camera set-up is easy for a radio staff that isn’t video savvy.

WMBS is owned by Fayette Broadcasting Corp.

Send news for Who’s Buying What to radioworld@futurenet.com.

 

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MRC On Nielsen: Key Demo ‘TUT’ Understated in February

Radio+Television Business Report
4 years ago

The Media Rating Council (MRC) has released a statement indicating that, in its opinion, the Total Usage of Television (TUT) by Persons 18-49 was understated by approximately 2 to 6 percent for the February 2021 measurement period by Nielsen.

The finding, MRC says, is based on Nielsen’s analyses of the potential impacts of the changes to its panel procedures.

In addition, MRC believes that Persons Using Television (PUT) estimates among the Persons 18-49 group was understated by a range of 1 to 5 percent in February 2021.

The MRC statement’s late Monday release (5/10) came after its Television Committee met with Nielsen management to review the results of a series of analyses Nielsen conducted in response to requests from MRC and its members.

The analyses were designed to determine the impact (if any) to national television viewing estimates that may have resulted from certain changes made to Nielsen panel-related procedures because of COVID-related matters.

These changes included adjustments to Nielsen’s standard meter maintenance procedures, a curtailment of the recruitment of new panel homes, and extending the time limits at which panelists are forced to turnover from participation in the panels.

Nielsen’s analyses indicated that 93% of simulated Persons 18-49 C3 program ratings
estimates for February were within +/- .02 points of the estimates originally reported.

While certain programs showed no change in their rating, and some even had lower ratings in the simulated results, MRC believes these may have been partly a function of the analytical approach used, where homes were removed for the purpose of the simulation, resulting in greater variability, as well as the fact that the analyses were conducted prior to the completion of maintenance procedures for all suspect panel homes.

In short, MRC believes changes to program estimates are “largely one-directional,” and that there was some degree of understatement overall in the C3 Persons 18-49 estimates that were originally reported by Nielsen in the February 2021 period.

While the MRC MRC also notes, “and users of the data should keep in mind,” that this range of impact, as well as the originally reported ratings themselves, are estimates with standard errors associated with them, “we believe the directional impact noted above is appropriate to consider in assessing the estimates originally reported by Nielsen.”

It is difficult to estimate the impact, if any, to reported estimates that may have been attributable to the changes in panel recruitment and turnover processes, the MRC says.

What are some of the next steps?

The MRC plans to continue to work with Nielsen and its members to further analyze the impact that panel disruptions may have had on the viewing estimates Nielsen reported over the affected period. These efforts will include investigating any impacts to Nielsen’s reporting in local markets, as well as further exploration of the role that certain zero-tuning households may have played in reported viewing estimates. Beyond the general numerical ranges that are noted in this statement, customers are encouraged to seek further detailed information on possible impacts from Nielsen, and how these may relate to their specific audiences.

The MRC also plans to continue to work with Nielsen in its ongoing audit and accreditation process for the National Television service as Nielsen more fully returns to a pre-COVID, business-as- usual state in regard to its field visitation practices and the systems it uses to detect potential metering and other issues that could negatively affect its ability to collect full and accurate viewing data from its panel homes.

To view the MRC’s entire statement in full, please click here:

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A New GM For Salem’s Orlando Properties

Radio+Television Business Report
4 years ago

Salem Media Group has just named a new General Manager of its Orlando group of radio stations and for its related Salem Surround Orlando operation.

It’s an individual who was most recently the Las Vegas-based West Coast Market Manager for The Media Audit, and spent the majority of his career in Kansas City.

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Beneficiary To Gain Ownership Of Virginia Combo

Radio+Television Business Report
4 years ago

On Dec. 6, 2020, the sole owner of an AM/FM combo and an FM translator serving a portion of the Norfolk DMA passed away.

Now, paperwork is being filed with the Commission that will formally transfer ownership of the facilities to the executrix of his estate.

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BIA Study Singles Out Threats to Local Broadcast Journalism

Radio+Television Business Report
4 years ago

BIA Advisory Services has conducted research focused on the “Economic Impact of Big Tech Platforms on the Viability of Local Broadcast News.”  It found that each year broadcasters lose nearly $2 billion in value that they generate for two of the largest technology platforms through publication of their valuable content — particularly local news.

It’s an issue the NAB is bringing to the forefront.

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Broadcasters Foundation Asks for Your Help

Radio World
4 years ago

The superb work of the Broadcasters Foundation of America can continue only when money is coming in; however, the process has been badly disrupted by COVID-19. Now the foundation is asking for our help.

It said it is in need of donations “to counter the loss of funds from major fundraising events that were cancelled due to the pandemic.”

The organization provides help to broadcasters and their families to help them cope with serious illness, accident or catastrophe. Over the years it has put $13 million into the hands of broadcasters who really needed that help.

The group hasn’t been able to hold its Celebrity Golf Tournament, Golden Mike Award or the Philip J. Lombardo Charity Golf Tournament.

A request for aid comes from Chairman Scott Herman and President Jim Thompson. “These men and women are our colleagues, and unthinkable tragedy has left them unable to work. We cannot turn our backs on them,” Herman said in an announcement.

Personal and corporate donations can be made at www.broadcastersfoundation.org/donate. Personal donations can be made to the Guardian Fund, corporate contributions are accepted through the Angel Initiative, and bequests can be arranged through the Legacy Society.

 

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KRON’s New Leader: A Former KING Head

Radio+Television Business Report
4 years ago

There’s a new VP/GM at a onetime NBC affiliates that’s seen a particular resurgence in recent years as an unaffiliated news-focused free-to-air property serving the San Francisco Bay Area.

He takes his new duties at the Nexstar Media Group property on May 17.

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A Beasley ‘Insider’ Scoops Up Some BBGI Shares

Radio+Television Business Report
4 years ago

It’s always a vote of confidence to longterm investors when an officer of a company purchases a big chunk of its own publicly traded shares.

That’s just happened at Beasley Media Group. And, while financial blog Simply Wall St. says “it may not be a huge deal,” it is good to see.

But, just who acquired the shares?

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