TWiRT 800 - An Engineered Alternative to Satellite Delivery with Adrian Berkovits

About this episode

The episode features Adrian Berkovits discussing the Prism audio program distribution platform and its applications in radio broadcasting.

For the 800th episode of This Week in Radio Tech, we’re joined by Adrian Berkovits of Adventure33 to take a deeper technical look at the Prism audio program distribution platform. Adrian explains how Prism can serve both as a one-to-many program delivery system for radio networks and as a reliable studio-to-transmitter link solution for individual broadcasters. The discussion covers redundancy strategies, transport concepts, endpoint deployment, and practical implementation considerations for broadcast engineers. Adrian also shares the development philosophy behind Prism and details many of the technical nuances engineers will want to understand before deploying a modern IP-based program distribution system. Join us for Episode 800 of TWiRT for an informative engineering-focused conversation about modern audio distribution for radio broadcasting. Show Notes: Streaming Protocols: Everything You Need to Know (Update) Basic info about HLS streaming The history of streaming told through protocols Prism website Guest: Adrian Berkovits - Chief Problem Solver at Adventure33 Host: Kirk Harnack , The Telos Alliance , Delta Radio , Star94.3 , South Sea s, & Akamai Broadcasting…

People in this episode

Host: Kirk Harnack

Guest: Adrian Berkovits

Topics covered

• audio distribution
• broadcast engineering
• program delivery
• IP-based systems
• redundancy strategies

Keywords

• Prism
• audio distribution
• broadcast engineers
• program delivery system
• studio-to-transmitter link

Sponsors

Broadcasters General Store, Broadcast Bionics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Adventure33, Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, Star94.3, Akamai Broadcasting

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