Regular Broadcast with Immersive and Interactive Sound Powered By MPEG-H Audio

The opening game of the 2018 Football World Cup in Russia marked the world’s first regular broadcast with immersive and interactive audio: The South Korean television and radio network company SBS transmitted this match live in Ultra-High Definition (UHD) based on the ATSC 3.0 standard, utilizing the advanced features of Fraunhofer’s MPEG-H TV Audio System, immersive sound and interactive audio.

“Rio, July 2014: It was one of those gigs where nothing can be allowed to go wrong.” This is the amusing start of a great story were audio over IP technology actually helped to save the day, in this case, with Merging Horus’ interfaces and a Ravenna network connection. Maybe it was that amusing for those involved, when things didn’t happen according to plan.