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Fraunhofer IIS at Satellite Asia 2026 in Singapore, Hall 4, German Pavilion
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Meet Fraunhofer IIS at Satellite Asia: Where Space Innovation Meets Efficient Media Codecs

Meet us in Singapore from May 20 – 22 and explore our ultra‑efficient AI‑based codecs for audio and media. We will also showcase xHE AAC for audio streaming and JPEG XS for video transmission over IP. Our solutions are designed to perform where bandwidth is limited and latency matters most.

April 15, 2026
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Products & Technologies

Via Adds MPEG-D DRC To Advanced Audio Coding Patent Pool

MPEG-D DRC is a new, innovative audio solution that overcomes problems of variations in volume level and dynamic range when content is played back on different listening devices and in varying listening environments. This audio technology plays an important role in improving the consumer’s listening experience in any playback situation for streaming and broadcast content. “The addition of MPEG-D DRC increases the value of our AAC patent pool tremendously,” said Joe Siino, President of...

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MPEG-H Audio Trial During European Athletics Championships 2018

[caption id="attachment_1484" align="alignright" width="300"] © Fraunhofer IIS[/caption] The various feeds were multiplexed for a live transmission via the Eurovision satellite network to RAI's experimental test bed in the Aosta Valley, Italy, and via the Eurovision fiber infrastructure to the European Championships Broadcast Operations Centre (BOC) based at BBC Glasgow. MPEG-H Audio was used for...

Products & Technologies

easyDCP software suite – Ten years of enabling easy access to Digital Cinema

For almost a century it was sufficient to use a film roll, a projector, and a white wall or sheet of linen to display movie content at any time everywhere in the world. That seemed to be over – when digital became the new magic code for cinema beginning in the year 2005. The intention of the team of Heiko Sparenberg and Siegfried Foessel at Fraunhofer IIS was to keep this easy access to movie content everywhere, anytime, and almost on any cinema projection system also in the digital...