CACO Bridge is a middleware platform that gives broadcast stations the power to understand their audience in real time, and act on it across content, commerce, and advertising.
Learn More100+ years of broadcast. Zero first-party data. Until now.
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CACO Bridge is the first real-time middleware platform purpose-built for broadcast that generates true first-party listener data. It operates alongside a station's existing automation infrastructure, requiring no replacement of current systems. Unlike legacy tools that rely on panel-based estimates or third-party aggregation, CACO Bridge captures direct listener interactions as they happen, giving each station a proprietary view into its own audience. Stations access their listener intelligence through the platform. CACO Bridge retains the anonymized, aggregate network layer across all stations, the cross-market intelligence that no single station could build alone. This intelligence powers content, advertising, and commerce decisions in real time.
For the first time, broadcast stations can build a direct data relationship with their audience. CACO Bridge captures real-time listener signals (votes, preferences, interactions) and structures them into first-party intelligence that stations access exclusively for their own market. CACO Bridge powers the platform, the AI models, and the cross-station network layer. Stations get the audience insight they've never had. No panels. No estimates. No third-party middlemen.
AI-powered tools that help stations make smarter programming decisions. From playlist sequencing to on-air content strategy, CACO Bridge turns first-party audience data into content that connects, powered by a persistent AI layer that learns each market's cultural nuances.
Move beyond static spot scheduling. CACO Bridge enables programmatic ad decisioning that evaluates real-time audience composition, engagement levels, and behavioral signals to build addressable segments, power deterministic targeting, and enable cross-platform attribution. Stations maximize yield with data-driven automation, not guesswork.
Turn cultural moments into revenue. When an artist walks into the studio, CACO Bridge can activate commerce opportunities in real time, connecting listeners to relevant products through push notifications and affiliate integrations.
Your data. Your station. Full stop. CACO Bridge is built on a station-first data architecture. All first-party listener data is owned exclusively by the station, never pooled, never resold, never shared without explicit consent. Designed for GDPR, CCPA, and international privacy frameworks with full consent management and data residency controls built in from day one.
CACO Bridge integrates with existing broadcast automation systems. No rip-and-replace required.
CACO Bridge operates as three integrated layers within the broadcast workflow.
The real-time loop between listener interactions, AI processing, and broadcast output. Captures every signal and feeds it back into station operations.
Content optimization, playlist intelligence, and audience profiling tools that operate at the individual station level.
Programmatic ad decisioning, commerce activation, and cross-station intelligence that power revenue optimization.
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CACO Bridge connects via standard broadcast automation APIs. Typical station integration takes less than 30 days with zero disruption to current workflows.
Days 1–10
CACO Bridge connects to your existing automation system (WideOrbit, Zetta, or equivalent) and listener-facing interfaces. No hardware changes. No workflow disruption. Your team keeps doing what they do.
Days 11–20
The platform begins capturing real-time listener signals and building your station's proprietary audience profile. The AI engine calibrates to your market's cultural patterns, language, and listening behavior.
Days 21–30
Full platform activation: content recommendations, programmatic ad decisioning, and commerce triggers go live. Your station now operates with the same audience intelligence streaming platforms have had for years.
CACO Bridge is designed for the real-world complexity of broadcast operations, including radio, television, live streams, and simulcast. The platform turns everyday station moments into measurable outcomes wherever your audience shows up.
Your FM signal reaches millions, but you've never known who's actually listening. CACO Bridge captures real-time listener interactions over broadcast frequency, including votes, preferences, and engagement, and structures them into first-party data you own. Every song, every break, every moment becomes a data point that powers smarter programming and higher-yield ad decisioning.
Stations streaming on YouTube and social platforms are proving audience demand every day, but the platforms keep the data. CACO Bridge powers your own live stream infrastructure with a proprietary listener widget. DJ Artificial lives in the chat, driving real-time interactions while capturing every signal into your first-party dataset. Your audience. Your data. Your monetization. No platform middleman.
DJ Artificial operates in any language, adapting to local dialects and cultural context. See what Univision's El Flow on YouTube and MediaCo's Hot 97 simulcast are proving. The audience is there. CACO Bridge lets you own the relationship.
When an artist walks into the studio, CACO Bridge activates commerce in real time, connecting listeners to relevant products through push notifications and affiliate integrations. From live interviews to on-air drops, the platform turns cultural capital into measurable transactions.
Television stations generate massive audiences but have operated with the same one-way model for over 80 years. CACO Bridge brings real-time viewer intelligence to broadcast TV, capturing interaction signals, powering AI-driven content optimization, and enabling programmatic ad decisioning across linear, NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0), and simulcast environments. The same middleware architecture that transforms radio works natively across television workflows.
CACO Bridge integrates with broadcast automation systems used in television production, delivering first-party viewer data to stations that have never had it.
CACO Bridge is built for broadcast markets around the world. Select your territory to learn more.
United States & Canada: 15,500+ stations
Mexico, Central & South America, Caribbean: 10,000+ stations
EU, UK, and broader European markets: 50,000+ stations
GDPR-Ready • Full Data Residency ControlsMENA region and Sub-Saharan Africa: 5,000+ stations
East Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania: 8,000+ stations
CACO Bridge was built by operators who spent decades inside the broadcast industry and saw firsthand what stations needed but didn't have. The platform was born from the belief that broadcast's most valuable asset, its real-time connection to culture, deserves infrastructure as sophisticated as the medium itself.
CEO & Co-Founder
Carolina Santamarina is a broadcast media executive with over 20 years of experience in sales leadership, market management, live events production, and multi-platform revenue strategy. Her career spans senior roles across some of the most recognized names in Spanish-language media, including VP of Experiential & Client Solutions at Uforia, a TelevisaUnivision entity, General Manager of the SBS Miami market, General Sales Manager of the SBS New York cluster, and SVP of SBS Portafolio. Across every role, Carolina has been known for building high-performing teams, creating new revenue platforms from scratch, forging deep relationships with national brands, and turning operational complexity into measurable growth. Named one of Radio Ink's Best Managers in America, she brings a rare combination of sales instinct, operational rigor, and creative vision to everything she builds. She holds a B.A. in Communications from Barry University.
Co-Founder & Chief Architect
Eric Garcia is a broadcast executive with over two decades of experience in sales leadership, market management, and multi-platform revenue strategy. His career spans senior leadership roles across Hispanic media, including President and General Manager of TelevisaUnivision Miami, VP and General Manager of the SBS New York cluster, and Director of Audio Sales for Univision New York. Throughout his career, Eric has been recognized for driving market growth, building high-performing teams, and creating innovative revenue streams across broadcast brands and platforms. As Co-Founder and Chief Architect of CACO Bridge, Eric leads the platform's technical architecture and product development, applying decades of operational insight to build the middleware infrastructure that broadcast has been missing.
Strategic Advisor
CACO Bridge is a real-time middleware platform for broadcast. It sits between a station's existing systems and provides audience intelligence, content optimization, dynamic ad-decisioning, and commerce activation capabilities.
No. CACO Bridge operates alongside your existing broadcast automation infrastructure. It is designed to integrate with systems like WideOrbit, Zetta, and others without requiring any replacement of current technology.
CACO Bridge is format-agnostic and works across both radio and television, including music, talk, news, and sports formats. The platform serves individual stations as well as multi-market broadcast groups, and operates natively across FM, linear TV, NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0), live streaming, and simulcast environments.
Yes. CACO Bridge is available for licensing worldwide and is designed to work across different broadcast environments and markets.
First-party data is information collected directly from your listeners through their interactions with your station (votes, preferences, engagement patterns), rather than estimated by third-party panels or aggregated from external sources. CACO Bridge is the first broadcast platform to generate true first-party listener data, giving each station exclusive access to its own audience intelligence. The platform, AI models, and cross-station network layer are operated by CACO Bridge, which means your station gets insights no single operator could build alone, while your competitor never sees your data.
Each station has exclusive access to the listener intelligence generated through its own broadcasts. No other station or third party can see it. CACO Bridge operates the platform, the AI engine, and the anonymized aggregate network that powers cross-market intelligence. Think of it like a measurement service: your station gets a proprietary view into your audience that you've never had before, while CACO Bridge maintains the infrastructure and network layer that makes it all possible. Your competitors never see your data. You benefit from network intelligence no single station could build alone.
CACO Bridge evaluates real-time audience composition, engagement signals, and behavioral data to programmatically determine optimal ad placement. Instead of static spot scheduling, the platform dynamically matches available inventory to the right advertiser message at the right moment, maximizing yield for the station.
CACO Bridge is priced at $7,500 – $9,500 per station per month, billed annually. Engineering infrastructure and volume of stations determine the monthly licensing fee. Enterprise bundle pricing is available for multi-station operators. Full pricing details are published on our Pricing section. No demo required to see what you're investing in.
Yes. CACO Bridge is available for licensing worldwide across North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. The platform is designed to work with broadcast automation systems used in any market. Visit our Global Markets section to learn more about your territory.
CACO Bridge is built on a station-first data architecture. Each station's listener data is never pooled with other stations, never resold, and never shared without explicit consent. The platform includes full consent management, anonymization controls, and EU data residency options, making it ready for GDPR, CCPA, and international privacy frameworks out of the box.
CACO Bridge follows a 30-day implementation process: integration with your existing automation system (Days 1–10), audience data calibration (Days 11–20), and full optimization go-live (Days 21–30). Your team receives dedicated onboarding support throughout, and your current workflows are never disrupted.
Yes. The AI engine and DJ Artificial adapt to any language and cultural context, supporting multilingual markets across the globe. Whether your station broadcasts in English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, or any other language, CACO Bridge calibrates to your audience's linguistic and cultural patterns.
CACO Bridge is patent-pending. The platform's architecture represents a novel approach to real-time broadcast middleware, with intellectual property protections designed to extend across major broadcast markets worldwide.
No hidden fees. No demo-gated pricing. Know exactly what you're investing in.
$7,500 – $9,500 / station / month
Billed annually. Volume discounts available for multi-station groups.
*Engineering infrastructure and volume of stations will determine monthly licensing fees.
Full platform access including first-party data collection, AI content optimization, programmatic ad decisioning, and commerce activation. Integration with your existing automation systems (WideOrbit, Zetta, and others). Dedicated onboarding, training, and ongoing support. All future platform updates included.
Get StartedStart with a single station. See results in 30 days. Our pilot program lets you deploy CACO Bridge on one station with full platform access, dedicated onboarding, and zero long-term commitment until you're ready to scale.
Start a PilotOperating multiple stations? We offer enterprise bundle pricing with dedicated infrastructure, priority support, and strategic consulting. Contact us to build a package that fits your group.
All pricing is in USD. International market pricing available upon request.
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