All items tagged with Fraunhofer IIS (109)
IBC 2015 Tackles The Challenges Of Change For Television
September 22, 2015 by Joao Martins

IBC 2015 Tackles The Challenges Of Change For Television

The International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) 2015 was widely agreed to be extremely successful. According to the promoters, the best yet (but they always say that). Measured in terms of conference content and quality of the event, we have to agree. It wasn’t the best for product announcements but it was certainly exciting for the technology previews.
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Fraunhofer IIS and Modulation Index Present World’s First xHE-AAC Enabled Live Streaming Encoder
September 17, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Fraunhofer IIS and Modulation Index Present World’s First xHE-AAC Enabled Live Streaming Encoder

At the IBC 2015 show there was a unique chance to compare how really efficient audio compression algorithms have become, from mp3 and ogg-vorbis to AAC, HE-AAC and the new xHE-AAC, optimized for speech and music transmission with very low bit rates. The Fraunhofer Institute For Integrated Circuits IIS together with Modulation Index promoted the demonstration.
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Technicolor And Fraunhofer IIS Announce Licensing Program For MPEG-H Audio Alliance TV System
August 27, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Technicolor And Fraunhofer IIS Announce Licensing Program For MPEG-H Audio Alliance TV System

Technicolor and Fraunhofer IIS announced the formation of a licensing program as part of the market introduction of the next-generation TV audio system developed by the MPEG-H Audio Alliance. The MPEG-H Audio Alliance TV System is under consideration for the ATSC 3.0 standard.
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Standards Review: Considerations for the MPEG-H Audio Standard
July 31, 2015 by Joao Martins

Standards Review: Considerations for the MPEG-H Audio Standard

This article discusses the plan for the new MPEG-H Audio standard, a real-time 3-D audio encoder system with applications for broadcast and streaming distribution, developed in large part by the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany, and recently finalized and submitted as an ISO/MPEG standard.
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Jünger Audio Provides Level Magic Selective Loudness Processing For MPEG-H TV Audio System
July 16, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Jünger Audio Provides Level Magic Selective Loudness Processing For MPEG-H TV Audio System

German loudness control and broadcast audio processing specialist Jünger Audio introduced a new intelligent monitoring loudness processor for the new MPEG-H TV audio system. The new solution developed in cooperation with Fraunhofer IIS was introduced as part of an ATSC 3.0 audio demonstration event.
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ATSC 3.0 Shows The Way Forward for Broadcasting with Immersive Audio
July 13, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

ATSC 3.0 Shows The Way Forward for Broadcasting with Immersive Audio

The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) is steadily confirming all scheduled stages for the development and implementation of the most complete terrestrial transmission standard, effectively upgrading broadcasting to Mobile, Handheld and 4K Ultra HDTV with immersive, personalized audio.
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Prize for Fraunhofer IIS 3D Surround Audio Algorithms
June 9, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Prize for Fraunhofer IIS 3D Surround Audio Algorithms

The Fraunhofer IIS team responsible for the development and market launch of the Cingo and Symphoria immersive 3D audio algorithms and software solutions for digital audio playback has been awarded the 2015 Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize, awarded every year in recognition of outstanding scientific work.
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Fraunhofer Promotes Interactive and Immersive TV Audio Demonstrations
May 7, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Fraunhofer Promotes Interactive and Immersive TV Audio Demonstrations

Fraunhofer’s Audio & Multimedia division has been extremely active in the latest industry shows, promoting the MPEG-H Interactive and Immersive TV Audio standard. Demonstrations at NAB 2015, in cooperation with Qualcomm and Technicolor, showcased the new audio system for ATSC 3.0 and Internet streaming in a complete broadcast chain showing live sports and music productions.
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Telos Alliance Debuts Z/IPStream Audio Streaming Tools at NAB 2015
April 15, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Telos Alliance Debuts Z/IPStream Audio Streaming Tools at NAB 2015

Streaming high-quality audio to the web is now easier than ever with the newly introduced Telos Z/IPStream family of software, hardware and PC encoding tools with support for both Microsoft Smooth Streaming and Apple HLS technologies, using only genuine Fraunhofer IIS codecs and accepting audio input via Livewire, AES67, and RTP.
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