AES NY 2019: DTVAG Forum To Host Session on How Audio Fits in the Evolving Television Landscape

AES NY 2019: DTVAG Forum To Host Session on How Audio Fits in the Evolving Television Landscape By SVG Staff

Thursday, October 3, 2019 - 12:52 pm

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In a couple of weeks, DTV Audio Group Forum will be hosting a session titled Audio for a New Television Landscape at AES New York 2019 on Oct. 17 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Executives from numerous organizations will take part in this discussion to provide insights and opinions on the topic.

Presenters will include:

Roger Charlesworth, DTV Audio Group

Tim Carroll, Dolby Laboratories

Scott Kramer, Netflix

Sean Richardson, Starz Entertainment

Tom Sahara, Turner Sports Vice President, Operations and Technology, Turner Sports

Jim Starzynski, NBCUniversal New York, NY, USA; ATSC Group

In a few short years, the entire nature of television distribution and consumption has significantly changed. Ubiquitous and inexpensive wireless and broadband networking; smart TVs and mobile devices; and massively-scalable cloud computing have created a completely new entertainment distribution system, upending the traditional broadcast model, and changing viewing habits. The transition from hardwired to virtualized distribution has expanded the possibilities for television audio innovation, further raising the bar on ultimate quality of premium viewing experiences, while presenting creative challenges in translating these experiences to an ever-widening range of devices.

The advent of affordable consumer 4K and HDR on smart TVs, and other devices has radically transformed the at-home viewing experience. Combined with the story-telling power of premium episodic content and streaming movies, upscale home viewing has supplanted cinema as the ultimate Hollywood entertainment consumption experience. Audio has been front and center in this transition as more and more premium content becomes available in Dolby Atmos immersive surround.

The dramatic resurgence of surround sound, and emerging interest in next-generation enhanced-surround, is built on the ability to virtualize surround presentations over a growing range of devices and environments including increasingly sophisticated immersive-audio-capable soundbars and TV sets, alongside enhanced surround virtualizing headphones, earbuds, and mobile devices.

The DTV Audio Group Forum at AES is produced in association with the Sports Video Group and is sponsored by: Brainstorm Electronics, Calrec/DiGiCo, Dale Pro Audio, Dolby, Lawo, Sanken, Shure, and Telos Alliance

The rule book for television distribution is being completely re-written. The migration away from traditional broadcasting to IP delivery continues to accelerate the uptake of advanced encoding solutions and sophisticated audio services, says Charlesworth. This transition creates new challenges in providing quality and consistency across an ever-widening range of devices and environments. Please join the DTVAG for a discussion of these and other important television audio issues.

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