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Fraunhofer IIS contributed to Emmy winning MPEG CMAF standard

Many people are familiar with audio and video codecs, but who knows how many other technologies are required to enable audio or video streaming? One such technology, largely unknown but nonetheless indispensable, is the Common Media Application Format (CMAF), developed by the leading standardization organization in the media world: MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group). MPEG was honored with the Technology & Engineering Emmy® Award for the CMAF standardization in early December and...

December 19, 2025
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Dash in DVB: Non-stop TV

IP content over DVB networks Digital video broadcasting is a technology that has been around for decades with DVB-S (Satellite), DVB-C (Cable) and DVB-T (Terrestrial) standards having been ratified in the 90s. Between 2005 and 2010 the second generation (DVB-S2, DVB-C2, DVB-T2) of these transmission technologies were standardized. The first generation technologies packed and transmitted data within an MPEG transport stream (MPEG-TS). While the second generation of DVB standards...

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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...

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Perfect sound for digital radio and streaming thanks to xHE-AAC

xHE-AAC, the latest upgrade to the MPEG AAC codec family, has mainly been developed by Fraunhofer IIS and combines the advantages of existing audio and speech codecs within one technology. It provides consistent high quality audio for all signal types, such as talk radio or music programs at low bit rates. Moreover, at this year’s IBC Fraunhofer IIS presented with “StreamS Live” from Modulation Index, LLC the first professional streaming encoder supporting xHE-AAC. Bernd Linz, Senior...