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.
Ateme integrates Fraunhofer’s xHE-AAC audio codec in TITAN video transcoding solution
Fraunhofer IIS, primary developer of the xHE-AAC audio codec, and Ateme, a global leader of video compression and delivery solutions, have collaborated successfully to bring xHE-AAC encoding for live and file-based content to the TITAN family of products.
