A method is disclosed for monitoring the audience of an advertisement over a content distribution system, the advertisement comprising an advertising message associated with an audio content. The method comprises: inserting, within the message, an advertising identifier associated with the advertisement and distributing the audio content with the advertising message to a user of the content distribution system; at a first user device configured to receive the audio content, playing the audio content with the advertising message; at a second user device connected to the first user device and configured to communicate with a data collection server over a data communication network, retrieving a customer identifier uniquely associated with the user; and, during or after playing, sending by the second user device the customer identifier and the advertising identifier extracted from the advertising message to the server to monitor the audience of the advertising message.

There is provided a reception apparatus including circuitry configured to receive region mapping information that includes at least one target region identifier and, for each of the at least one target region identifier, location information associated with the respective target region identifier. The circuitry is further configured to control filtering such that emergency information for a location associated with the reception apparatus is acquired based on the region mapping information.

An audio delivery system (100) can include an alert processor (108) configured to parse alert content. The alert processor can receive first data representing the alert content. The alert processor can convert the alert content to an alert message that includes alert text and parameters. A connected radio server (120), coupled to the alert processor via internet protocol, can insert the alert content into a data stream. The connected radio server can receive second data representing the alert message from the alert processor via internet protocol. The connected radio server can receive instructions from the alert processor via internet protocol to incorporate the alert message into the data stream. The data stream can include an audio stream and the alert message. The connected radio server can provide the data stream to a connected radio receiver (102) via internet protocol.

Example methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to facilitate local time-based digital audio measurement are disclosed. In examples disclosed herein, a hello ping may be received from a media player. The media player may be associated with a location based on the hello ping. The media player may be associated with a time offset based on the location. A configuration file may be generated to include the location and the time offset. The configuration file may be sent to the media player.

Example methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to facilitate local time-based digital audio measurement are disclosed. In examples disclosed herein, a hello ping may be received from a media player. The media player may be associated with a location based on the hello ping. The media player may be associated with a time offset based on the location. A configuration file may be generated to include the location and the time offset. The configuration file may be sent to the media player.

A system comprises an intermediate communication platform that provides an interface to an Internet network; and a first server including: a port operatively coupled to the intermediate communication platform, processing circuitry, and a service application for execution by the processor. The service application is configured to: receive geographic location information of a radio receiver via the intermediate communication platform; determine one or more radio broadcasts available to the radio receiver according to the geographic location information; and send metadata for the radio broadcast, the metadata including an indication whether content of the radio broadcast is suitable for an audio fingerprinting process to the radio receiver via the intermediate communication platform.

The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a media reproduction device for a motor vehicle. Media information is received in a first and a second reception mode and reproduced based on the strength of the first and second reception. A temporal transmission delay between the reception modes is detected and compensated for by an electronic computing device. The surroundings of the motor vehicle are divided into at least two reception tiles, and each reception tile is assigned a first and a second reception strength value. The electronic computing device decides which reception mode to use to receive the media information in each reception tile and when to compensate the temporal transmission delay if it has been determined that the media information is received in the first reception tile in the first reception mode and in the second reception tile in the second reception mode.

The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a media reproduction device for a motor vehicle. Media information is received in a first and a second reception mode and reproduced based on the strength of the first and second reception. A temporal transmission delay between the reception modes is detected and compensated for by an electronic computing device. The surroundings of the motor vehicle are divided into at least two reception tiles, and each reception tile is assigned a first and a second reception strength value. The electronic computing device decides which reception mode to use to receive the media information in each reception tile and when to compensate the temporal transmission delay if it has been determined that the media information is received in the first reception tile in the first reception mode and in the second reception tile in the second reception mode.

An electronic device and method for emergency alert message detection based on audio-video information is disclosed. The electronic device receives first media content received over a first broadcast channel. The electronic device renders second media content, which is different from the first media content. The electronic device further detects, from the received first media content, a set of objects associated with a geo-location corresponding to the electronic device. The set of objects corresponds to an emergency at the geo-location. The electronic device further detects an emergency alert audio in the received first media content. The electronic device further extracts an emergency alert message received over a second broadcast channel associated with the geo-location based on the detected set of objects and the emergency alert audio in the received first media content. The electronic device further renders an emergency alert signal associated with the emergency alert message.

An example apparatus to monitor media that is presented via a mobile device includes: an application monitor to determine when media presentation software is being executed by the mobile device; and a metering information collector to collect at least one of a signature or a code of the media presented by the media presentation software based on the media presentation software being executed by the mobile device.