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MPEG-H Audio and the Future of Brazilian Broadcasting: A New Chapter Begins

On August 27, 2025, Brazil took a decisive step into the future of television. In a landmark move, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a Presidential Decree that officially launches DTV+, also known as TV 3.0, as the country’s next-generation digital broadcasting standard.

October 23, 2025
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International Audio Laboratories Erlangen (AudioLabs) – Shaping the Future of Audio & Multimedia

Just recently, we reported about the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS and the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) extending the contract for their joint collaboration, the Audio Laboratories Erlangen (AudioLabs). You would like to know more about this unique educational research institution? Take a look at their recently released image video to get a better idea of how research at the AudioLabs looks like. What makes them so special? What is their...

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Update: New Digital Radio Technologies from Fraunhofer IIS

The worldwide proven Fraunhofer ContentServer technology is now available as version R6. Fraunhofer IIS enables its OEM partners to provide complete solutions for setting up rich DAB or DRM services with enhanced functionalities. A new version of the MultimediaPlayer software for DRM/DAB is also available now. This radio app supports the playback of stereo and surround sound as well as all types...

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Radio in the digital age

Whether it’s a professional broadcasting solution for setting up a DRM or DAB service, audio codecs for digital radio or new data applications for program-related information, Fraunhofer IIS develops and implements a wide range of digital radio solutions. The technologies enable and enrich digital radio broadcasts across the world as part of broadcast equipment and receiver devices. At IBC 2015 Fraunhofer IIS introduces for example the ContentServer R6 technology, a revolutionary step...