Radio World NewsBytes: Anti-Troll Group Forms; Quu and Sony Eye Dashboard

RW Engineering Extra TechBytes Tomorrow, the latest Radio World Engineering TechBytes ships to subscribers. Are you a subscriber? TechBytes is a free e-newsletter just for radio broadcast engineers, arriving twice monthly in your email box. Sign up today! Top Stories - 08.06.13 'Trolling Effects' Debuts The fight against patent trolls now has a new weapon — a website. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, along with allies such as CEA, has created Trolling Effects to catalog the activities of patent trolls. 'From the Artist to the Dashboard' Sony Music Nashville and Quu Interactive are working together to help stations manage their metadata and commerce for in-dash displays, streaming, mobile apps. News & Technology DIGITAL RADIO: DAB Spreads in Northern Ireland PEOPLE: Thomas Now at Wilks PEOPLE: NABJ Votes Butler as New President USER REPORT: Irish Eyes Smile on Telos Z/IP One SALES: SCBA Sales Training Program Starts in September PRODUCT: JBL Adds to LSR Monitor Family Today on Connect 2 Media & Entertainment Compression Never Ends (Mobile Entertainment) Connect 2 Media & Entertainment features a mix of tech content, conversation and curation. Here: As digital networks get larger and increase bandwidth they find that the resulting traffic increase is even greater. Jeff Glueck of Skyfire and Opera talks about his company's taproot in data compression research. Around the Industry Broadcasters Seek More Documentation on Complaints (B&C) Broadcast groups are beginning to coalesce around a proposal by NBCUniversal that the FCC require much more documentation before it takes action on an indecency complaint. Afghan Radio Station Dedicated To Women Shut Down (RFE/RL) The station owner says that it was closed because he refused to pay bribes to local officials. A New Class of Radio Rolls into the City (NPR) In the Philadelphia area, in something of a role reversal, an Internet radio station plans to apply for an LPFM license to get onto the air. Apple Asks Internet Radio Providers for Cover Art (MacRumors) The tech company is asking potential "Internet Radio Providers" for what it calls "cover art," though it might also mean station logos, for use at the iTunes Store. Calendar of Events ABA Engineering Academy Radio Broadcast Engineering Classes Aug. 5–9 Hoover, Ala. Tennessee Assoc. of Broadcasters 65th Annual Conference Aug. 6–7 Murfreesboro, Tenn. Texas Assoc. of Broadcasters Convention Aug. 7-8 Renaissance Austin Hotel SBE Certification Exams Aug. 9–19 (Deadline June 1, 2013) Local Chapters SBE Leadership Development Course Aug. 13–15 Atlanta For a full list of upcoming events visit the Radio World calendar page.

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