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The company behind a technology that can transform commercial broadcast radio to a subscription-based ad-free streaming offering says its mobile app is now compatible with both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto interfaces. The news triggered strong pre-market buying of Auddia Inc. stock. 

With nearly all children across the U.S. back to school, or ready for at-home classwork through parental teaching, one large department store chain used the Labor Day holiday weekend to step up its advertising efforts. To lure consumers, it turned to Spot TV.

Nexstar, via its legal counsel at Wiley Law, says a proposed fine of $720,000 for alleged "good faith" negotiation violations in its carriage fee consent talks with Hawaiian Telcom should be rescinded. Why? The Supreme Court of the United States' recent decisions erasing "Chevron deference" dictate so.

With AI and Machine Learning expected to be a major focus at IBC2024, Telestream will spotlight how its products provide value and, its view, tackle the industry’s most critical bottlenecks. "These media processing tools are designed to optimize every step of the media production lifecycle," it says.

Massachusetts-headquartered Avid says it is primed to unveil a series of product enhancements across its portfolio at the upcoming IBC2024 event that are designed to change how media creators produce premium content for television, film, and news.

StreamGuys is moving ahead with plans to introduce a new ultra-low-latency streaming service at the upcoming IBC event in Amsterdam that it says "brings synchronicity to the 'second screen' experience of a live sports event."

DataCore-owned Perifery has brought to market a "comprehensive workflow solution" that it says integrates storage, asset management, applications, and artificial intelligence functionality.

The nation's lone satellite radio operation is moving forward with a new tech facility in Ireland. As SiriusXM sees it, Dublin-based employees are expected to play a critical role in the company’s continued digital transformation, and will function as a center of excellence for SiriusXM’s Product and Technology organization.

Built on the legacy of the Telos iPort series of hardware products, Zephyr Connect is delivered as a software container that can be deployed on-premises on a COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) server or cloud-hosted.

At 7pm Eastern on Sunday, once of the fiercest carriage agreement battles in recent memory began. It pits DirectTV against The Walt Disney Co. It's a war that could go on for weeks, or months, as the battleground has evolved significantly since their last retransmission consent agreement was finalized in 2019.