Neural Audio Technology Delivers 5.1 Surround Sound Innovation For CBS Final Four

2-May-03

Neural Audio, Inc. which is bringing digital broadcast solutions to the marketplace in conjunction with Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), announced that its neural algorithm-based 5.1 technology is delivering innovations that will allow digital broadcasters such as CBS Sports to serve consumers with the 5.1 surround sound content they seek.5.1 For NCAA Final Four HD TV BroadcastIn collaboration with CBS Sports, Neural Audio implemented its 5.1 Sports Event Capture Array (SECA) in 12 HDTV CBS games during the 2003 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, including the Final Four and Championship game in New Orleans. The SECA system, operating with only one array located behind each basket, is the industry's only system that can deliver a 5.1 experience to consumers over a stereo backbone merging court action, announcer, and crowd audio in a perceptual window.""Neural Audio's SECA design was easy to implement and enabled CBS Sports to deliver on-court action in 5.1 to our HDTV audience,"" said Ken Aagaard, Senior Vice President of Operations. ""At CBS Sports, we are always looking for new technologies that deliver to our television audiences a better listening experience and bring them as close to the action as possible. Neural Audio delivers a true expert system for 5.1, which makes the broadcast a more enriching experience.""""Neural Audio is pleased to have had an opportunity to introduce our 5.1 capture array for sports in one of the most important broadcasts of the year,"" says Robert Reams, CTO and co-founder of Neural Audio. ""The project highlights the value in producing 5.1 original content that brings value to both the broadcaster and their audience. Coupled with our recent collaboration with Harris Corporation, Broadcast Communications Division, we are very enthusiastic that our expert systems for generating and managing 5.1 content will help develop the HD broadcast markets.""For more information about Neural Audio, visit www.neuralaudio.com.

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