DTS Adds Surround Sound to Digital Television

[J.A.F._Doorhof]

Agoura Hills, CA (July 2, 2002)--DTS will be demonstrating its solution for broadcasting high-quality 5.1 digital surround sound in the DVB digital television standard at IBC2002, the International Broadcasting Convention taking place September 12-15 in Amsterdam.

DTS has been working in partnership with Leitch to develop an end-to-end solution that will allow multichannel audio to pass through an existing broadcast stereo infrastructure. The two companies will be collaborating at IBC2002 to demonstrate the technical and commercial reality of delivering uncompromised surround sound, as well as its spectacular quality.

"Home theater setups are no longer the province of the enthusiast, the audiophile," says DTS' Ted Laverty. "Surround sound is now part of the greater consumer market. Broadcasters are seeing other consumer formats that use multichannel audio cutting into their bottom line as a broadcaster."

Laverty continues, "If you want to compete effectively with high-resolution formats like DVD, you have to be looking at a way of delivering an experience that is currently not available through standard broadcast systems. DTS' scalable systems allow the broadcaster to deliver excellent sound quality to the home."

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