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MediaTek adds MPEG-H Audio to its Pentonic series of smart TV chips and boosts TV 3.0 access for Brazilian TV

MediaTek, a fabless semiconductor company, and Fraunhofer IIS, primary developer of the MPEG-H 3D Audio standard, have once again collaborated. As a licensed decoder provider in the MPEG-H Audio System trademark program and licensee of MPEG-H software from Fraunhofer IIS, MediaTek has now integrated MPEG-H Audio into its Pentonic series.

With its Pentonic series, MediaTek provides a platform for receiving over-the-air (OTA) broadcasts, over-the-top (OTT) services, and web streaming. Including MPEG-H Audio will enable TV manufacturers to equip their products with immersive and personalized sound for broadcast and streaming applications.

MediaTek is also among the first to support the latest VVC (h.266) standard and with native support for MPEG-H Audio, the Pentonic 2000 becomes the first TV platform adhering to Brazil’s Next Generation broadcast system, currently under specification by the Forum Sistema Brasileiro de Televisao Digital (SBTVD Forum).

“With Pentonic, MediaTek offers a comprehensive global demodulation platform for receiving OTA broadcasts from all major standards including DVB, ATSC, and ISDB-T”, says Alfred Chan, Vice President of the TV Business Unit at MediaTek. “This makes it suitable to meet the existing specifications in Brazil, and it supports TV manufacturers providing MPEG-H Audio support for today’s TV 2.5 broadcasts, as well as with the future TV 3.0.”

“The upcoming TV 3.0 Standard will mandate VVC video and MPEG-H Audio for efficiently providing an enhanced video and sound experience for broadcast and new media services to the Brazilian audience”, adds Luiz Fausto, Technology and Regulatory Specialist at Globo and coordinator of the SBTVD Forum Technical Module. “MediaTek’s Pentonic chips already enable TV manufacturers to design their products ready for TV 3.0 broadcast in Brazil, which is expected to start in 2025.”

The MPEG-H Audio system is already in use as the sole audio system in the world’s first terrestrial UHD TV service using ATSC 3.0 in South Korea since May 2017. Additionally, major events around the world have been broadcast using MPEG-H over DVB in Europe and since November 2021, MPEG-H has been used in regular broadcast over ISDB-T (SBTVD TV 2.5) in Brazil.

MediaTek’s adoption of the Fraunhofer IIS technology will be shown at SET Expo in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from August 23 to 26, 2022, and at IBC in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from September 9 to 12, 2022.

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