An Emmy First: Sound-Related Nominations to be Judged on DVD; Switch to DVD Allows Judges to Hear Shows in Their Original Multichannel Audio Formats.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 2003 This year the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will distribute shows nominated for Emmy Awards in outstanding sound editing and outstanding sound mixing categories via DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. so that judges may hear the shows in their original multichannel broadcast formats. In addition to enabling Dolby(R) Digital 5.1 audio, shows can be heard in Dolby Surround and in stereo. Previously, the Academy distributed nominated content on VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. cassettes. "We're very gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. about this development," said Patrick Artiaga, Director of Automotive and Broadcast Marketing, Dolby Laboratories. "With this move to DVD, the Academy voters will consider the quality of the multichannel mixes the sound editors and mixers have worked so hard to produce," he continued. "Audio professionals mix many shows in surround sound because they believe that the format improves the viewing experience, so we are now distributing content on DVD to allow the judges to hear the nominated program the way mixers originally intended," said John Leverence, Vice President, Awards, The Television Academy. Programs presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 that have been nominated for a sound-related category include The Sopranos, Live from Baghdad, Meredith Wilson's The Music Man, The 75th Annual Academy Awards, The 45th Annual Grammy Awards, Alias, and James Cameron's Expedition: Bismarck. Dolby Digital programming is on the rise as more and more networks are broadcasting with the format. In the US alone, the list includes such terrestrial broadcast networks as ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. , CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. , Fox, and PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, . Premium channels such as Discovery HD Theater, HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy , HDNet, Showtime, Starz!, and various pay-per-view channels regularly broadcast in Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. About Dolby in Broadcasting Dolby Digital technology intensifies and enhances the DTV (Digital TeleVision) Transmitting TV using digital signals. The major DTV standards are ATSC (North America), DVB (Europe) and ISDB (Japan). All three use MPEG-2 video compression and Dolby Digital audio compression. DVB and ISDB also include MPEG audio compression. viewing experience. Approximately 28 million households worldwide have Dolby Digital 5.1 home receivers, while roughly 22 million digital cable, satellite, and terrestrial DTV set-top boxes that deliver a Dolby Digital 5.1 audio stream have been sold to date. As the number of Dolby Digital 5.1-channel devices continues to rise, more television services are broadcasting in Dolby Digital 5.1 sound, delivering an increasing variety of high-quality programming to their viewers. For a listing of programs broadcast in Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, please visit www.dolby.com/tvaudio. About the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences was founded in 1946, just one month after network television was born. It is a non-profit organization devoted to the advancement of telecommunications arts and sciences and to fostering creative leadership in the telecommunications industry. In addition to recognizing outstanding programming through its Emmy Awards, the Television Academy also publishes Emmy Magazine and is responsible for the Archive of American Television, its Foundation Library, and the College Television Awards. About Dolby Laboratories Dolby Laboratories creates technologies that intensify and enhance the entertainment experience. For nearly four decades, Dolby has been instrumental in defining high-quality audio and surround sound in cinema, broadcast, home audio systems, cars, DVDs, headphones, games, televisions, and personal computers. Based in San Francisco with European headquarters in England, the privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. has entertainment industry liaison offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Los Angeles, and licensing liaison offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, and Tokyo. For more information about Dolby Laboratories or Dolby technologies, please visit www.dolby.com. Dolby and the double-D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. All other trademarks remain the property of their respective owners. S03/14961 |
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