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Episode 11: Audinate, Volpara, Dicker Data, locality Planning and listener mailbag

Andrew Page

In this episode we talk through the quarterly updates for Dicker Data (DDR), Locality Planning (LPE), Volpara (VHT) and Audinate (AD8).

Plus, we open the mailbag to answer some listener questions.

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