Video streaming services delivering content to the state of California will soon be required to change the way they handle advertising to alleviate one of viewers’ biggest annoyances: Loud commercials. Thanks to Senate Bill 576, signed into law in October 2025 and taking effect on July 1, 2026, commercials can no longer be noticeably louder than the surrounding program.

Topics: Audio Quality Monitoring & Analysis, Audio Loudness, Streaming Audio, 2025, Legislation

The problem of dialog intelligibility is nothing new and something that we’ve likely all come across on more than one occasion. Whether it is quiet dialog that forces you to continually ride the volume control on the TV remote, or actors mumbling their lines, intelligibility issues can take many forms. But how can we detect that a piece of content has issues that need addressing and, more importantly, how can we improve sections where intelligibility is a concern?

Topics: Automation, audio processing software, AudioTools Server, AudioTools In Focus, 2025, Dialog Intelligibility

Radius: pequeña, poderosa y lista para tu estudio.

Buenas noticias! Encontramos más en el almacén… y quiero conectarte con algo increíble!

Topics: Radio Consoles, AES67, Livewire, axia, AoIP studios

by Rojith Thomas, KUT-FM

AUSTIN, Texas — There’s something magical about walking into a radio studio before a live broadcast — the quiet hum of anticipation, the glow of screens, the subtle tension in the air as voices prepare to go live.

Topics: Omnia Audio, 25-Seven, Public Broadcasting, Program Delay Manager, AoIP Upgrade, Axia Pathfinder Core PRO, AudioTools Server, Axia Quasar, 2025

This year, we celebrate 20 years of 25-Seven Systems, and some first-person reflections are in order to tell the story of a little company that has had a profound impact on the broadcast industry. Like most company biographies, this one is really about a group of people who came together to build first one thing, then another, setting off on a path that eventually led to our forever home as part of Telos Alliance. What held it together wasn’t a single genius or a big pile of money, but the creativity and personal glue of a self-selected team.

Topics: Radio, Audio Time Management, 25-Seven, Broadcast Technology, Voltair, Tech History, Program Delay Manager, 2025

By Mark Ruddy, WVIA Radio, Pittston, PA.

In 2023, WVIA started the process of looking for a replacement for our radio infrastructure, moving away from our 18-year-old audio routing console system and modernizing to audio over IP. 

Topics: Radio, IP Studios, AoIP studios, Axia Quasar, 2025

Telos VX® es el primer sistema VoIP diseñado específicamente para radio, televisión y algunas aplicaciones gubernamentales. Ya sea que necesites una sola línea para un estudio o una integración telefónica a nivel de toda la planta, VX ofrece potentes flujos de trabajo, gran flexibilidad y una calidad de audio excepcional. 

Topics: Telephone Systems, aoip, Telos VX, Telos VX Enterprise, 2025, Telos VX Duo

When it comes to audio, “just a phase” isn’t trivial. Misaligned signals can cause anything from odd stereo imaging to silence. AudioTools Server uses automated phase analysis to catch these issues early, ensuring clean, accurate mixes before they go to air.

Topics: Automation, audio processing software, AudioTools Server, AudioTools In Focus, 2025, AI, phase detection

By Nicklas Strömberg

Mad Men Media AB is a Swedish radio production company that has been operating multiple FM radio stations across Sweden since 2013. In late 2024, MMM was awarded a national radio license in Finland—an achievement won in fierce competition against several domestic and international media companies.

Topics: Radio, Zephyr, Axia Pathfinder Core PRO, omnia enterprise 9s, Axia Quasar, Axia Altus, Telos VXS, 2025

From QC to delivery, AudioTools Server puts AI on the case to catch language mismatches before your audience does.

Topics: Automation, audio processing software, AudioTools Server, AudioTools In Focus, 2025, AI, language detection