MEDIA Access Pro version 4.3 is available. If you haven’t yet upgraded to version 4.3 (or you have not yet purchased MEDIA Access Pro) here are some of the great new features you’re missing out on:
• Individual Multicast / Digital station detail
• Easily identifiable Primary Station, HD2 or HD3 stations
• Track different contacts at the additional multicast …

Posted by Georgina Santilli,
MAPro Client Services Manager, BIA
My four year old daughter has changed her mind at least 10 times over the past weeks on what she wants to be this Halloween. At first she wanted to be a ghost, then the wicked which of the west, then a one eyed monster. After …

Posted by: Rick Ducey
Chief Strategy Officer
BIA Financial Network
The next frontier for broadcast radio and television stations is to go mobile. Mobile? Strange that this should be considered broadcasting’s next frontier when it was the original wireless medium. But the fact is that about the fastest growing and most exciting media platform today is the mobile …

Posted by: Georgina Santilli
MEDIA Access Pro, BIA Financial Network
It was wonderful to see so many familiar and new faces at the NAB Radio show in Austin last week. I always get such pleasure in seeing and meeting so many of you during this event every year.
As most of you know, BIA held its first User …

Posted by: Rick Ducey
Chief Strategy Officer, BIA Financial Network
NAB’s technology advocacy program – NAB FASTROAD – is supporting the development of a prototype Electronic Program Guide (EPG) system for HD Radio™ broadcasting. The prototype’s first element is a web-browser based EPG authoring system, intended for use by stations to create their EPGs. Displayed for the …

Posted by: Tom Buono
President & CEO, BIA Financial Network
Having just returned from the NAB’s Radio Show in Austin, it was clear to me that I was meeting with executives from two separate industries: major market radio owners and small & medium market radio owners.
The published reports on radio’s demise are dominated by the negative …

Posted by: Rick Ducey
Chief Strategy Officer, BIA Financial Network
Many readers will never get beyond the executive summary, so this is an especially important part of the business plan. Given this, what should you emphasize in your executive summary? This is a very condensed and stylistic expression of your whole business idea. It’s unfair, but …

In this NAB thought leadership video series, Rick Ducey’s digital technology expertise and financial acumen provides insight into the technologies and business models driving the world of content.
Rick specifically answers the questions during this video session:
1) What technologies will drive innovation in the content world going forward?
2) What industries and players are best positioned …