Coding Technologies Sweetens the Sound of Digital Music with Release of Upgraded MPEG-4 aacPlus Encoder.New Version of the Company's aacPlus Encoder Dramatically Raises the Bar on Audio Fidelity, While Further Lowering Bandwidth Requirements NUREMBERG, Germany -- Coding Technologies today announced an upgraded release of its MPEG-4 aacPlus Audio Encoder engine. The company's aacPlus audio codec is the audio compression format of choice across a variety of industry standards, systems and applications, including, MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). , DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) An international digital television (DTV) standard that is the European and Far Eastern counterpart of the North American ATSC standard. , DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) See mobile TV. , 3GPP GPP Government Performance Project GPP General Purpose Processor GPP General Physical Preparedness GPP Gambian People's Party GPP Good Pharmacy Practice GPP Gross Primary Productivity GPP Green Procurement Program GPP Generic Packetized Protocol . Coding Technologies' aacPlus implementations are used by the world's most demanding professional equipment manufacturers, broadcasters, and content aggregators to deliver high quality music via terrestrial, satellite, the Internet, and mobile networks. Coding Technologies' enhanced encoder achieves significant improvements in audio fidelity and listening experience without any associated increase in bandwidth consumption. This allows content service providers to "dial-down" transmission bandwidth usage without affecting or sacrificing established audio quality. These increased audio quality gains are realized in every application level including: digital broadcasting, Over-the-Air (OTA (Over The Air) Refers to any wireless system such as AM/FM radio and network television that uses open space as its transmission medium. ) music downloads, high quality music ring tones and Internet Streaming. The new encoder enhancements also lead to significantly improved speech quality and multi-channel audio fidelity at even lower bit rates. For example, delivering 5.1 Surround Sound now only requires 128 kbps, previous versions required 160 kbps. aacPlus is capable of delivering CD quality stereo at 48 kbps. In comparison, CD quality for MP3 is typically rated at 128 kbps. "Delivering the best audio experience in the most efficient manner possible is the name of the game," says Roger Bolton, vice president of business development at TANDBERG Television where MPEG-4 aacPlus multi-channel audio is included in the video compression industry leader's latest MPEG-4 AVC encoders for HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates . "The new version of aacPlus delivers excellent quality and will provide the high levels of performance our customers require from audio to complement their high definition video output." "At Coding Technologies it is all about audio quality and customer satisfaction," says Andreas Ehret, vice president technical lead, Coding Technologies. "Our team has worked hard and is very proud to have improved our encoder significantly in these areas as part of this new release. In short, the world's best audio codec just got even better." The Coding Technologies aacPlus encoder solutions empower some of the world's most cutting-edge wireless music and television services available, including, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , KDDI, NTT DoCoMo, REAL, Sprint and XM Satellite Radio. In the mobile space, Coding Technologies estimates that the number of aacPlus enabled mobile phones sold worldwide by the end of 2006 approached 200 million units. To realize the audio gains of the new encoder no change or upgrade is required for any installed aacPlus decoder, including those in PC applications, set-top boxes, mobile phones, and digital music players or radios. Availability: Coding Technologies' MPEG-4 aacPlus solutions are available immediately for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and selected embedded platforms. The packages include a variety of libraries, tools, and a new GUI-based PC sample application, designed to showcase a new interactive configuration interface within the PC SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). . The new aacPlus encoders are available as a free upgrade to all qualified Coding Technologies' licensees. All trade names, company names and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective owners Coding Technologies Coding Technologies provides the best audio compression for mobile, broadcasting, and Internet. SBR SBR - Spectral Band Replication [TM] (Spectral Band Replication (audio, compression) Spectral Band Replication - (SBR) Guessing the nontransmitted higher frequency range of a compressed audio file by some helper bits (transmiited with the stream) and the transmitted base band. ) from Coding Technologies is a backward and forward Adv. 1. backward and forward - moving from one place to another and back again; "he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York"; "the treetops whipped to and fro in a frightening manner"; "the old man just sat on the porch and rocked back and forth all compatible method to enhance the efficiency of any audio codec; putting the "PRO" in mp3PRO and the "Plus" in aacPlus. Parametric Stereo from Coding Technologies and Philips again significantly increases the efficiency of audio codecs for stereo signals at low bit rates. Products from Coding Technologies are fundamental enablers of open standards such as 3GPP, 3GPP2, MPEG, DVB, Digital Radio Mondiale (communications) Digital Radio Mondiale - (DRM) A form of monaural digital broadcast using carrier frequencies below 30 MHz. DRM uses MPEG-4 AAC Main Profile and SBR at data rates of 16-25 kbps. http://drm.org/. , HD Radio, and the DVD Forum. Coding Technologies is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with offices in Sweden, Germany, China, and the USA. Founded in 1997 in Stockholm, the company later merged with a spin-off of the renowned Fraunhofer Institute in Germany, the inventor of MP3. Coding Technologies' customers include America Online, EMP, iBiquity Digital, KDDI, O2, Nokia, Orange, RealNetworks, SK Telecom, Sprint, T-Mobile, Thomson, Texas Instruments, Vodafone, and XM Satellite Radio. For more information, visit www.codingtechnologies.com. About TANDBERG Television Whether it's advanced compression systems, on-demand or interactive television, TANDBERG Television (TAT.OL) delivers the technology and expertise that is moving digital video forward. The company's award-winning solutions are used by the world's leading network operators, broadcasters and content owners to deliver new viewer experiences and advertising opportunities. With a broad suite of open, standards-based products, TANDBERG Television offers the highest quality digital TV solutions including IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. , HDTV, video-on-demand, advertising on-demand, and interactive TV applications to customers in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. For more information, please visit www.tandbergtv.com. |
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