DTS' and Coding Technologies' MPEG-4 aacPlus/DTS Transcoding Solution Gains Major Support from Chip Set Manufacturers.Availability Of Chip Sets Spurs the Adoption of aacPlus For Multi-Channel Audio in Digital TV LAS VEGAS -- Coding Technologies and DTS (1) (Digital Theatre Sound) A digital audio encoding system used in movie and home theaters. Popularized by the movie Jurassic Park, the six-channel (5. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :DTSI DTSI Defense Trade Security Initiative DTSI Digital Twin Spark Ignition DTSI Datron/Transco Systems Incorporated DTSI DataTel Solutions, Inc. (San Antonio, Texas) ) announced that the companies' 5.1 multi-channel aacPlus/DTS transcoding solution has gained major support in the hardware industry. Conexant and Analog Devices, two additional key semiconductor players, now offer aacPlus/DTS transcoding on chip sets for digital TV set top boxes. This will enrich the available choice of chipsets for set top box manufacturers looking to incorporate this technology into their product and will increase the selection of 5.1 solutions for network operators. Besides the new offerings from Conexant and Analog Devices, STMicroelectronics and Broadcom provide chip sets supporting the aacPlus/DTS transcoding solution. aacPlus/DTS transcoding allows broadcasters to utilize the high quality, high efficient MPEG-4 audio codec in the emission path for their SD and HD services to deliver more movie, sports, documentary and drama content in improved sound quality to consumers. By transcoding from aacPlus to DTS in the consumers set top box, the entire installed base of home theater systems can be reached without a transition period. "Coding Technologies' high-performance aacPlus/DTS solution is an important technology tool that allows operators to deliver additional high quality audio content using their existing infrastructure, which expands their revenue-generating opportunity," said Lewis Brewster, executive vice president and general manager of Conexant's Broadband Media Processing business. "DTS transcoding also helps to ensure that next-generation set-top box products will interoperate with existing home theater systems, which is an important consumer benefit." "Working with Coding Technologies to offer 5.1 compatible decoder chips as an available technology to the market, we are helping to turn the theory of better quality, higher efficiency audio into practice," said Mike Haidar, General Manager, Software & Systems Technology Division, DSPS DSPS Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome DSPS Director, Security Plans and Service (US DoD) , Analog Devices, Inc. "Responding to the growing industry need for more 5.1 transmission alternatives, we have turned this viable audio option into a product which will serve the interests of both STB See set-top box. STB - set-top box manufacturers and operators alike." "We see requests coming from a lot of operators for the aacPlus/DTS transcoding solution since it allows them to benefit from the high compression of aacPlus while keeping the digital output compatible with virtually all home theater systems in the market," adds Laurent Remon, chief system architect, Home Video Division ST Microelectronics. "We are now able to offer aacPlus/DTS transcoding on all advanced chip sets such as STi7100 and STi7109, and we are very pleased by the cooperation with Coding Technologies and DTS on this technology." "The improved bandwidth efficiency resulting from aacPlus/DTS transcoders will enable broadcasters to deliver DVD-quality audio services to subscribers, support more audio channels and free up network bandwidth for additional revenue generating services", comments Aidan O'Rourke, Marketing Director, Broadband Communications at Broadcom Corporation. "We look forward to continuing our support and development of these new audio technologies and to work closely with service operators and set top box vendors to bring them to market in the near future." "We are excited by the tremendous support our transcoding solution gains within the industry", said Stefan Meltzer, vice president business development and consumer electronics of Coding Technologies. "After less than 18 month of cooperation with DTS we see final products and a clear demand for them in the market, giving us a strong indication that we hit the right buttons at the right time." Coding Technologies and DTS demonstrate the aacPlus/DTS transcoding solution at CES, January 8- 11, booth #1 21544, South Hall, Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. . 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 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 , 3GPP2, 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 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. |
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