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The First Cloud-Native In-Venue Audio Platform Offers Real-Time Commentary & Captions for Visually and Hearing Impaired Fans — No Hardware, Handouts, No Hassle September 16th, 2025 | Backbone Broadcast today announced that SoundSystem Live™, its real-time in-venue audio platform, now enables teams and stadiums to deliver live descriptive audio and captioning for blind, low-vision, and hearing-impaired fans—directly to smartphones, with no special hardware, no lanyards or devi

Backbone Broadcast and SoundSystem Live to introduce the new NanoLatency Benchmark and the future of real-time fan audio for venues, broadcasters at IBC 2025. SoundSystem Live will make its international debut in Amsterdam at IBC 2025, introducing the NanoLatency Benchmark—a new performance target redefining real-time fan audio. Unlike legacy “Ultra-Low Latency” systems, which too often still mean delays of 1 to 10 seconds, the NanoLatency Benchmark sets the expectation at un

The radio industry has changed dramatically over the past three decades. Audiences are no longer tied to the reach of a single terrestrial station. Instead, they expect to engage across apps, streams, and social media. Recently, Sarah Malone, who leads marketing and project development for Backbone, sat down with broadcasting veteran and host of SoCal's popular sportsfishing radio show "Lets Talk Hookup" Pete Gray to hear how he has adapted to this shifting landscape and how

Drop-in, Cloud-Native Tech Scales to >100k Fans, Home and Away, with No Venue Modifications! BOSTON, MA, UNITED STATES, March 20, 2025 / EINPresswire.com / -- Backbone Broadcast, a leader in cloud-based audio technology, seeks venues and teams to participate in the official Beta launch of SoundSystem Live, the most advanced low-latency audio solution! SoundSystem Live delivers ultra-low latency event audio directly to fans’ smartphones, eliminating the need for costly infras