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03-28-2005
Japan's Mainichi Broadcasting System to Broadcast in SRS Circle Surround
WIRELESS NEWS-March 28, 2005-Japan's Mainichi Broadcasting System to Broadcast in SRS Circle Surround (C)2005 10Meters - http:// www.10meters.com
SRS Labs, a provider of audio enhancement technology, and Mainichi Broadcasting System Inc. (MBS), a terrestrial TV broadcasting company in Japan, announced they will televise the 77th National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament in SRS Circle Surround 5.1 (CS).
The invitational will also be broadcast through GAORA, a communication satellite broadcasting station. This marks the first time a Japanese television-broadcasting studio will encode SRS Circle Surround 5.1 into its broadcast chain, the groups noted.
'As a result of our various experiments, I have verified that SRS Circle Surround has proved to be highly compatible with stereo broadcasting,' said Makoto Sugimoto, chief mixer, Production Technical Center, MBS. 'Circle Surround made it possible for us to deliver 5.1 surround sound exactly as we anticipated. We are satisfied with its quality of providing an immersive surround sound experience to many audiences.'
All 32 matches of the 77th National High School Baseball Championship, which kicked off March 23, will be relayed by GAORA via the communications satellite broadcasting system, and the semi- final and the final matches of the tournament will be broadcast in both conventional terrestrial TV broadcasting with the SRS Circle Surround System, and to the terrestrial digital TV broadcasting with the 5.1 channel discrete surround system.
SRS Labs' regional manager, Hank Kato said, 'We are proud that Mainichi Broadcasting Systems chose to broadcast such a popular sports venue in SRS Circle Surround. Circle Surround is particularly powerful for live sports programming where the audio challenge is to give the audience a television experience that rivals watching the event live. The fact that Mainichi Broadcasting System is using SRS Circle Surround as their format for delivering impressive surround broadcasts is testament to the flexibility and effectiveness of our technology.'
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