56 Leading DVB TV Services Now On Air With Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio

9-Dec-02

Dolby Laboratories, the world leader in multichannel audio, announced that 56 digital TV channels are now available with DolbyÆ Digital 5.1 surround sound from DVB broadcasters around the world.""Sound is more important in the marketing of television services now than it has ever been before,"" commented Jason Power, Dolby's Market Development Manager. ""DVB broadcasters are recognizing that, with Dolby Digital technology, they can offer a fantastic viewer experience coupled with the unique marketing power of the Dolby logo.""At the request of broadcasters, Dolby Digital was accepted as a digital audio standard by the DVB Project in July 1999. German broadcaster ProSieben was the first company to start movie transmissions in the format. Since then the number of DVB broadcasters offering Dolby Digital has reached 12; these include ABC, Nine Network and Network 10 (Australia), ORF (Austria), ExpressVU (Canada), ProSieben and Premiere (Germany), Skylife (Korea), TVN (Poland), Bell Teleclub (Switzerland), BSkyB (UK), and EchoStar (United States). Between them, 56 channels are available showing a range of TV programming in Dolby Digital including movies, dramas, documentaries, light entertainment, concerts, and live events. Extensive DVB-T terrestrial trials with Dolby Digital have been conducted in several other countries including two recent trials in France.Dolby Digital is also the standard audio format for ATSC and U.S. digital cable services. In the U.S., over 600 stations are already on air in Dolby Digital.For more information, visit www.dolby.com/tvaudio.

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