International. Barix, a pioneer in IP audio, has just made public the distribution of SoundScape, its comprehensive service for scheduled and live broadcasts that allows audio content providers to centrally manage and distribute ads and own-brand music over IP networks.
The concept, first introduced at the ISE fair, has matured into a complete SaaS (Software as a Service) that provides, together with the functionalities of content management in the cloud, global monitoring and transmission to the endpoints, a fully programmable and easy-to-use package for the end user.
SoundScape enables rapid migration of the most complex and expensive systems that have long been used for commercial radio transmission. Service providers can launch the SoundScape service almost instantly with as little as one subscription and one IP audio player at each target location, and immediately and reliably start streaming music and ads in restaurants, stores, hotels and public facilities.
The pay-as-you-go pay-as-you-go model, along with SoundScape's infinite scalability, also ensures affordable long-term expansion goals while maintaining a low total cost of ownership. Advanced features, including dynamic insertion of ads independently for each location, enable new sources of revenue generation and a rapid return on investment.
With SoundScape, the incorporation of a multitude of different components is eliminated so that customers can have their own brand audio system. Its easy and quick implementation is an advantage for system integrators, who can now focus on a centralized integration strategy for retail radio and other IP audio streaming platforms. SoundScape integrates features for integrated audio streaming, remote device management, dynamic contact planning, system-wide monitoring and reporting, hierarchical user management, and high-quality, multi-format audio streaming; using reliable Barix Exstreamer players for IP audio with SoundScape.
For Joan Anton Parilla, Barix Product Manager: "With almost two decades of experience designing professional IP audio decoders, we have been observing the challenges that system integrators experienced when combining different components from multiple manufacturers, to which we should add their high long-term cost in terms of maintenance. In addition, we saw the potential of new functionalities to simplify maintenance work and its associated costs, which are the main problem in the sector. We have worked these enhancements to ensure a fully integrated and enhanced solution for integrators and service providers.
