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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.

June 12, 2025
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3D and personalization: The future of TV audio

The TV audio system developed by the MPEG-H Audio Alliance of Fraunhofer, Technicolor, and Qualcomm allows TV viewers to adjust the sound mix to their preferences and enables unprecedented 3D sound experiences in the future.

Robert Bleidt, Division Manager Fraunhofer USA Digital Media Technologies DMT, explains the features of the TV audio system in the following interview.

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Fraunhofer Cingo: Fabulous sound on mobile devices

The Fraunhofer technology Cingo enables fascinating sound on mobile devices and allows a full immersion into movies, games or virtual worlds. At IBC 2015, Fraunhofer and castLabs demonstrate a new VR streaming app that delivers MPEG-H encoded 3D audio content including audio objects to the Samsung GearVR. In this way users can experience impressive and immersive sound from all directions. Julien...

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mp3 developers to receive esteemed Eduard Rhein Award

Erlangen/Munich, October 13, 2015: The Eduard Rhein Foundation has selected Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Karlheinz Brandenburg, Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Grill and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Herre to receive the 2015 Technology Award of the Eduard Rhein Foundation for their significant contributions to the development and implementation of mp3. The audio coding standard forever changed the world of music with its ability to allow music lovers to save their entire music library on a device as small as a...