Røde Appoints Nick Engel as Senior Director of Engineering

Røde announced the appointment of Nick Engel as Senior Director of Engineering. Nick joins Røde with a wealth of experience in the audio technology industry, having held senior engineering positions at Dolby and Apple. With over 20 years of experience developing cutting-edge audio technology for consumer products, Nick is a key hire as Røde continues to innovate and expand its product offerings into entirely new frontiers.

Dolby Laboratories announced the acquisition of Millicast, a developer platform that provides ultra-low-latency video streaming capabilities that scale to massive audiences. Millicast has enabled a new generation of interactive live streaming applications built on WebRTC and end-to-end encryption. By embracing web standards, the Millicast API works with all modern browsers and devices without the need for a plugin or custom player. The acquisition will complement the Dolby.io platform and enable large-scale, highly-interactive online experiences.

Cloud recording studio (CRS) platform SquadCast announced an update (v4.5) to its service which includes Dolby.io noise cancellation, one-click audio mastering, a new category-first integration API, and new workflow features among other enhancements. SquadCast’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) subscription now allows users to connect and record up to 10 people simultaneously in a recording session.