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AIMS to Unveil IPMX Standards and Specifications for AV-Over-IP at ISE 2020
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AIMS to Unveil IPMX Standards and Specifications for AV-Over-IP at ISE 2020

At ISE 2020 in Amsterdam, the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) ProAV Working Group will introduce Internet Protocol Media Experience (IPMX), a set of open standards and specifications designed to enable carriage of compressed and uncompressed video, audio, and data over IP networks. IPMX addresses the ProAV industry's need for a single set of common, ubiquitous standards-based protocols that ensure interoperability for AV-over-IP. The AIMS stand (15-B250) will feature information and technical sessions covering every aspect of IPMX.
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L-Acoustics Expands L-ISA Immersive Audio Demonstration and Production Centers Globally
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L-Acoustics Expands L-ISA Immersive Audio Demonstration and Production Centers Globally

Recognizing that immersive audio technology is in ever-increasing demand, L-Acoustics is rolling out L-ISA Auditoria in strategic locations around the globe. Demonstrations, training or mixing sessions of L-ISA Immersive Hyperreal Sound technology are now available in dozens of locations in L-ISA Auditoria designed to stringent L-Acoustics specifications. Content pre-production is among the key services available at this locations.
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Fraunhofer Software Helps Power Immersive Music Services for Amazon Echo Studio Smart Speaker
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Fraunhofer Software Helps Power Immersive Music Services for Amazon Echo Studio Smart Speaker

Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, the inventor of mp3 and primary developer of AAC, MPEG-H Audio and other MPEG standard audio codecs, revealed that Amazon has become an important music-centric licensee of its MPEG-H audio decoder software, included in the new Echo Studio. MPEG-H is the audio scheme used for new immersive music services including those based on the Sony 360 Reality Audio format.
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Audinate Confirms Dante AV Product Design Suite for Dante AV Available to Manufacturers
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Audinate Confirms Dante AV Product Design Suite for Dante AV Available to Manufacturers

Audinate, the company behind the industry-leading Dante audio networking technology, announced that the new Dante AV Product Design Suite (“Dante AV PDS”), a complete development kit solution, will be shipping in Q1 2020 to manufacturers who have ordered. This will allow even more companies to develop new AV-over-IP products that employ Dante AV technology, which combines a video signal with uncompressed Dante audio.
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Registration for Klippel's Sound Quality of Audio Systems 2020 Lecture Is Now Open!
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Registration for Klippel's Sound Quality of Audio Systems 2020 Lecture Is Now Open!

Sound Quality of Audio Systems: Modeling, Measurement & Control, is the title for the 2020 edition of the lecture presented by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Klippel. Already an annual tradition, this three-day event combines both theory and practice, and will take place March 9-11, 2020, at the Technical University Dresden, in Germany. Registrations for the lecture are now open for a fee for general admission, and are free for students.
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New Global Power Amplifier Market Analysis by Futuresource
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New Global Power Amplifier Market Analysis by Futuresource

Driven by consumer demand for bigger and better audio-visual experiences, the power amp market is on track to achieve a worldwide value of $785 million in 2020, according to a new industry report from Futuresource Consulting. The UK-based market research firm announced a new report focusing on the Professional Power Amplifiers category, following the success of the previous Loudspeakers and Microphones market reports.
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Harman Confirms Michael Mauser to Succeed Dinesh Paliwal as New President and CEO
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Harman Confirms Michael Mauser to Succeed Dinesh Paliwal as New President and CEO

Harman, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, announced that Dinesh Paliwal will step down on April 1 after nearly 13 years with the company as President & CEO (including ten years as Chairman and CEO of the NYSE-listed Harman International). Harman’s Board of Directors has unanimously elected Michael Mauser to succeed Paliwal, as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mauser will join the company’s board of directors, effective April 1.
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DirectOut Introduces RAV2 OEM Ravenna Network Audio Module
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DirectOut Introduces RAV2 OEM Ravenna Network Audio Module

German connectivity specialists DirectOut have become the latest Ravenna OEM solutions vendor with the release of their new RAV2 high performance network audio module for integration into third party products. The new module also forms the Ravenna AoIP network core of DirectOut’s recently released PRODIGY Series of multifunction audio processors and converters for pro audio, broadcast, installation and studio applications.
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148th AES Vienna 2020 Convention Officially Cancelled - AES Virtual Vienna Convention set for June 2–5, 2020
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148th AES Vienna 2020 Convention Officially Cancelled - AES Virtual Vienna Convention set for June 2–5, 2020

The Audio Engineering Society (AES) Vienna 2020 convention was cancelled. Due to the COVID-19 situation, the 148th Audio Engineering Society International Audio Convention scheduled for May 25 – 28 at the Austria Center Vienna will not take place. The AES Virtual Vienna Convention in now set for June 2–5, 2020, with an online format. AES Virtual Vienna will offer a program of sessions that will be broadcast throughout the 4 days, after which they will be available on-demand, available to all registrants.
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High End 2020 Show in Munich is Once Again Booked Solid
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High End 2020 Show in Munich is Once Again Booked Solid

The High End Munich show, promoted by the High End Society Service GmbH, returns from May 14 to 17, 2020. During four days, the entire world of audio experts and professionals gather in Munich, with hundreds of exhibitors from more than 40 different countries showcasing their latest innovations in the halls and atriums of the MOC event center. The High End show promoters confirmed that the show is once again booked solid for 2020.
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