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Fraunhofer Partner Starwaves Launches Android SoftRadio App for DRM & DAB+

Starwaves debuted the full-featured dual-standard version of its popular SoftRadio App for DRM & DAB+ at IBC 2025.

September 13, 2025
Experience the future of audio and multimedia technologies with Fraunhofer IIS at IFA and IBC | ©Fraunhofer IIS/Kurt Fuchs
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Experience the future of audio and multimedia technologies with Fraunhofer IIS at IFA and IBC

Whether it’s immersive sound experiences for the future of television audio, fascinating sound on mobile devices, high quality mobile phone calls or the latest digital radio applications – audio technologies developed by Fraunhofer IIS are an integral part of our lives and can be found in over eight billion devices worldwide. Meet us from September 4 to 9, 2015 at IFA in Berlin (Booth 3, hall 11.1), or from September 11 to 15, 2015 at IBC in Amsterdam (Booth B80, hall 8) and...

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Interactive and immersive: The beginning of a new television era

Thanks to the new TV audio system of the MPEG-H Audio Alliance television viewers can experience fascinating and enveloping TV sound with a new sense of realism on their tablet or at home while watching movies or film series. Robert Bleidt, Division Manager Fraunhofer USA Digital Media Technologies DMT, explains how broadcasters can implement this solution technically to provide an immersive and...

Left to right: Developed by Harald Popp, Oliver Hellmuth and Jan Plogsties, the software solutions Cingo® and Symphoria® create 3D surround sound in vehicles and on mobile devices. | ©Dirk Maher/Fraunhofer
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Fraunhofer Prize for a project of Fraunhofer IIS: A concert hall for on the move

People often listen to music in far from ideal conditions. For example, the quality of the speakers used in smartphones, tablets and headphones is not always the best, and the speaker positions and passenger compartment acoustics can cause difficulties in the automotive environment. But people still expect premium audio quality. The software solutions Cingo® and Symphoria® compensate for hardware weaknesses while simultaneously reproducing the musician’s intended sound image with the...