Globo Launches Pilot DTV+ Station in Rio: A New Era of Brazilian Broadcasting with MPEG-H Audio Begins

Brazil’s media giant Globo officially launched its pilot station for DTV+ in Rio de Janeiro. The milestone in the evolution of digital broadcasting in Brazil opens the door to immersive, interactive, and high-quality TV experiences.

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LG Licenses MPEG-H Software from Fraunhofer IIS for 2017 TV Models

In addition to the interactive and immersive features, the MPEG-H TV Audio System enables cost effective delivery of streaming and television audio at comparably low bit rates for broadcasters and streaming services. “We are happy to supply our MPEG-H TV Audio System software for bringing TVs to the market with groundbreaking next-generation audio codec features. The launch of the UHD TV system in South Korea with MPEG-H Audio is the first service realizing our vision to deliver...

PIXTREE Integrates Fraunhofer’s MPEG-H TV Audio System in Realtime UHD Broadcast Encoder

The adoption of the technology in the PixHEVC-E4600HA encoder is timely as South Korea prepares for the launch of 4K/UHD television in February 2017. The MPEG-H TV Audio System will be the first Next Generation Audio system used over the air for television broadcasts based on ATSC 3.0. Thanks to its integration in PIXTREE’s PixHEVC-E4600HA encoder, broadcast professionals and consumers will...

Fraunhofer Announces MPEG-H Trademark to Identify Interoperable Products

Consumer products such as TVs, soundbars, audio-video receivers, set-top boxes, digital media adapters, or mobile apps and devices may display the trademark to indicate that they have been tested to work together and support the features of the MPEG-H system used for TV broadcasts. The Telecommunications Technology Association of South Korea will become the first authorized test center under the program. The test centers will verify that new products meet the program specifications...