WASHINGTON – The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has begun its technical review of three detailed proposals for a comprehensive audio system that will bring a more immersive audio experience for living room and mobile viewers, to be known as the ATSC 3.0 next-generation television broadcast standard.
The ATSC 3.0 terrestrial television broadcast standard must provide improvements in performance, functionality and efficiency that are significant enough to warrant the challenges of a transition to a new system, said the organization.
Three audio system proponents – Dolby Laboratories, DTS, and an alliance of Fraunhaufer, Qualcomm and Technicolor – have submitted detailed technical proposals for the audio subsystem for ATSC 3.0. The three proposed systems will be tested discretely and in their entirety this summer, with the goal of establishing the ATSC 3.0 Audio System Candidate Standard this fall.
"ATSC 3.0 audio testing is expected to be the first in the world to examine immersive audio for a next-generation broadcast television standard”, said ATSC president Mark Richer, in the news release. “Immersive audio functionality enables high spatial resolution in sound source localization in azimuth, elevation and distance, and provides an increased sense of sound envelopment throughout the listening area."
