Nielsen has just released its PPM Audio Software Encoder for FM stations, allowing more broadcasters to move away from a hardware-based audio watermarking process. “The release of the PPM Audio ...

A new Radio World ebook explores “The Software-Based Air Chain.” This is an excerpt. Nielsen’s Audio Software Encoder decouples the company’s PPM encoding algorithm from the hardware encoder and ...

Spanish Broadcasting System has pulled the encoders from its stations again, leaving its ratings performance in the dark for advertisers. By Mediaweek Spanish Broadcasting System has pulled the ...

Nielsen announced that the hardware stations use to encode their signals, which sits in a station’s equipment rack, will now be available in equipment stations typically purchase from vendors. The ...