Backbone Syndicate™
Save Money — Enhance Reliability — Improve Performance
Say Goodbye to Satellites
Ditch the Dish
Why the Shift from Satellite to Cloud/IP Syndication?
Because of Satellite's...
- Availability
Limited and diminishing satellite spectrum & bandwidth - Cost
Expensive and rising prices of inefficient satellite distribution - Inflexibility
Capital intensive satellite infrastructure and management - Reliability
Weather issues, cosmic outages, and downlink interference
What makes Backbone Syndicate Unique?
Integrated Platform
Syndication integrated with Backbone Hub™ specifically for radio broadcasters, with abilities never available from legacy transmission infrastructures
Economical
- No capital investment
- Low monthly cost/affiliate
- No contracts required
- Unlimited transfer
Low Latency
With as much as a 90% decrease in signal latency, you’ll enjoy a smoother broadcast experience for sports, news, and talk shows
Reliable, Available
Fiber optic transport provides the ultimate in digital transmission. You’ll eliminate your cosmic outages, downlink interference, and weather issues
Flexible
Start with as few as two affiliates and grow unbounded as your show thrives. Affiliats need only a Comrex®, PC/Mac. or SIP device
Versatile
Give each affiliate what it wants. Provide different ways to take your show: Live, Persistent Live (autorepeats), DL (file) or Zoned.
Superb Audio Quality
Improve the fidelity of your shows with the industry’s highest caliber codec: SIP OPUS. Your affiliates will thank you.
User Friendly
With Backbone support, you set it and forget it. It’s automated. Your affiliates will love it, too, using the same familiar workflow.
How Does it Work?
Deliver your shows to fit your Affiliates' schedules
Live Syndication
Live + Repeat
Recorded Files
Multi-Zone Net
Real time, low latency, high fidelity digital audio distribution. Affiliate stations receive with Comrex, PC, Mac, or other SIP device.
Real time live plus immediate, subsequent rebroadcast of automatically recorded shows. Perfect for adjacent time zones.
Automatic show recording and Web DL or FTP program delivery. Eliminates the need for affiliates to record shows for later airing.
For some complex, overlapping schedules, a muliple-feed solution may be desirable. Contact Backbone Support for solutions
Pricing
- Base Subscription: Backbone Syndicate service, including two (2) affiliate stations — $275/month
- Additional Affiliates: $100/month each
- Initial Set Up for host and affiliates: Included — Subsequent moves & changes: $50 each (typical)