More and more elements of the radio air chain are moving to software. The trend is bringing benefits including scalability, space savings, remote management, reduced overhead and the flexibility of op-ex budgeting.

There are important recent developments you should know about. 

In this new Radio World ebook:

•    Phillip Schmid and John Whyte discuss Nautel’s efforts to make implementationsof digital radio easier and more affordable.

•    Geoff Steadman of Telos Alliance describes benefits of virtualization and explains how Telos has taken it into account in the company's strategic product planning.

•    Nick Mannion of Nielsen explains how its Audio Software Encoder decouples the PPM encoding algorithm from hardware encoders and makes it available for integration into third-party broadcasting equipment.

•    Joe D’Angelo and Jeff Detweiler of Xperi describe the multi-year effort to move the pieces of the HD Radio system into a cloud-based architecture.

•    RCS describes how its ecosystem solves content creation and delivery challenges, providing radio broadcasters the benefits of an integrated approach.

•    And in a notable white paper, Bill Robertson and Ed Czarnecki of Digital Alert Systems explain a new concept called “EAS at the Edge,” which has just launched in collaboration with Nautel and Telos.