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CanJam NYC 2017 Headphone Audio Expo
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CanJam NYC 2017 Headphone Audio Expo

CanJam Global kicks off it's 2017 schedule in New York City next week! The first of the annual CanJam events - which also promotes similar headphone and personal audio exhibitions in Singapore, Los Angeles and London - CanJam NYC 2017, will take place on February 4-5, 2017, in the fabulous Broadway Ballroom at the New York Marriott Marquis, right in the heart of Times Square.
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AES UK Section Student Conference UP Your Output!
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AES UK Section Student Conference UP Your Output!

Once again, the AES UK section is running the student conference UP Your Output! This annual event, which has run since 2011, offers students and recent graduates the opportunity to learn, network, and develop both friendships and career opportunities. This year's conference is hosted by Southampton Solent University, and co-organized by ISVR, University of Southampton. The event runs Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th March, 2017 at Southampton Solent University, UK, and is free for eligible students & graduates.
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THX Launches Approved Components Program For ODMs And Consumer Electronics
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THX Launches Approved Components Program For ODMs And Consumer Electronics

THX, renowned for the certification of world-class cinemas and consumer goods, has launched a new program designed to help product manufacturers and brands deliver premium entertainment experiences by certifying key components used to build complete electronic devices. “Approved by THX” allows top-tier original design manufacturers (ODM) to certify superior audio and visual quality components that meet the high performance requirements necessary to achieve THX certification.
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RAVENNA Showcases Interoperability Demo Rack with MNA at ISE 2017
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RAVENNA Showcases Interoperability Demo Rack with MNA at ISE 2017

Interoperability continues to make headlines for RAVENNA at ISE 2017. Taking pride of place on the RAVENNA stand (7-V210) in partnership with the Media Networking Alliance (MNA) is a RAVENNA demo rack that will be used to demonstrate AES67 interoperability. Another important product for members of the RAVENNA community is the new RAVENNA Audio Network Manager tool developed by Digigram and Merging Technologies that will be presented on the Merging stand (7-C169).
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Lectrosonics to Receive 2017 Academy Award for Technical Achievement
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Lectrosonics to Receive 2017 Academy Award for Technical Achievement

Lectrosonics' David Thomas, Lawrence E. Fisher and David Bundy will receive a 2017 Academy Award for Technical Achievement, for advancing the state of wireless microphone technology in the design, development and engineering of the Lectrosonics Digital Hybrid Wireless System and Technology. Presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Technical Achievement Academy Awards recognize contributions of significant value to the process of making motion pictures.
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Vesper and DSP Group Demo Near-Zero-Power Voice-Activation for Battery-Powered Devices at CES 2017
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Vesper and DSP Group Demo Near-Zero-Power Voice-Activation for Battery-Powered Devices at CES 2017

During CES 2017, Vesper, together with DSP Group and Sensory, have demonstrated a turnkey development platform that boasts the lowest overall power consumption for far-field always-listening voice interfaces. At CES 2017, DSP Group also unveiled its new DBMD5 audio SoC built to drive clearer human-machine voice interactions.
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Audinate and NAMM Unveil Dante Training Events at the 2017 NAMM Show
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Audinate and NAMM Unveil Dante Training Events at the 2017 NAMM Show

The NAMM Show annual conference will be held in Anaheim, California at the Anaheim Convention Center, January 19-22. In partnership with NAMM, Audinate will conduct multiple training sessions at the 2017 NAMM show about Dante audio networking solutions. There is a master class on the first day of the show and two Dante training courses the following days. More than 50 companies will show Dante-enabled products at NAMM 2017.
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Fraunhofer IIS Shows Immersive Sound Future with MPEG-H at CES 2017
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Fraunhofer IIS Shows Immersive Sound Future with MPEG-H at CES 2017

One of the most important highlights at CES 2017 was at the Fraunhofer IIS booth, showing final versions of several MPEG-H solutions, in preparation for the rollout of the first broadcast services adopting the standard next year. On display was an MPEG-H enabled LG UHD TV, scheduled to be available this year, and the final version of the MPEG-H enabled 3D Soundbar reference design. Fraunhofer IIS also developed a trademark program for products incorporating its MPEG-H TV Audio System.
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TIDAL Introduces MQA Streaming “Master Audio” Support
by Joao Martins

TIDAL Introduces MQA Streaming “Master Audio” Support

During CES 2017, TIDAL and MQA announced the much anticipated support for Master Quality Authenticated (MQA) on their streaming service. Until now only available on file-based downloads, the bandwidth efficient high-resolution audio format (HRA) is now available on a mainstream platform. TIDAL was previously the only music streaming service to offer a “higher-quality” subscription option. Those subscribers will now be able to access MQA encoded masters.
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HDMI Forum Announces Version 2.1 of the HDMI Specification to Support 8K and Dynamic HDR
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HDMI Forum Announces Version 2.1 of the HDMI Specification to Support 8K and Dynamic HDR

Version 2.1 of the HDMI Specification supports a range of Higher Video Resolutions and refresh rates including 8K60 and 4K120, Dynamic HDR, and increased bandwidth with a new 48G cable. Version 2.1 of the HDMI Specification is backward compatible with earlier versions of the Specification, and was developed by the HDMI Forum’s Technical Working Group.
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