ATSC incorporates Dolby Digital Plus into digital standard

SAN FRANCISCO - Dolby Laboratories announced today that the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has incorporated Dolby Digital Plus into the ATSC standard. Specifically, says the press release, ATSC “approved a revision to the A/52A Standard (entitled A/52B) that incorporates Dolby(R) Digital Plus into an ATSC Standard.” The ATSC membership vote happened on June 14, and the Standard was published July 26. Additionally, in a subsequent membership vote completed on July 27, the ATSC approved a revision of the ATSC Digital Television Standard that specifies Dolby Digital Plus as the high-efficiency audio coding system to be used for robust mode...