On October 14, ATSC 3.0 received a 2026 Technology & Engineering Emmy® Award from NATAS. Over the last 15 years, Fraunhofer IIS has contributed key technologies to this standard, including MPEG-H Audio, Next Generation Audio (NGA) concepts, and related transport and signaling technologies. MPEG-H Audio is already used commercially every day in ATSC 3.0 services in South Korea and Brazil.
LC3plus Lossless: The First Open Standard for Wireless Lossless Audio
Lossless audio over wireless links has long been constrained by bandwidth. In this interview, Alexander Tschekalinskij, Senior Engineer in the Low Delay Audio Coding department at Fraunhofer IIS, explains how LC3plus Lossless adapts to fluctuating bandwidth and what its recent inclusion in an ETSI standard means for the audio industry.
