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Dolby Laboratories Collaborates with The Recording Academy®
to Support the 49th Annual GRAMMY® Awards Broadcast
- Company to bring technological innovation to the production of the
prestigious awards show for the fifth year in a row -
San Francisco—Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB)
announced today that it is working with The Recording Academy® for
the fifth year in a row to deliver a superior audio surround sound broadcast
of the 49th Annual GRAMMY® Awards. The worldwide broadcast will
feature live musical performances from the industry’s hottest
artists on Sunday, February 11, 2007 on CBS and CBS HDTV at 8:00 p.m.
ET. The program will be broadcast in Dolby® Digital 5.1 on HDTV,
and Dolby Pro Logic® II on analog channels.
“The Recording Academy sets out every year to establish
new industry benchmarks for technical excellence at the GRAMMY Awards,”
commented Recording Academy President Neil Portnow. “Once again,
we thank Dolby for its remarkable contribution to the high quality of
our broadcast audio. Dolby’s support has been instrumental in
achieving these superior results, especially during the last five years
that we have offered high-def and surround sound on our GRAMMY Awards
show production.”
In support of this extraordinarily complex production,
Dolby is supplying equipment for multiple mix rooms as well as providing
on-site engineering support. Backstage at the GRAMMY Awards, Dolby engineers
will work closely with the show’s audio mixers, coordinators,
Recording Academy representatives and production company personnel.
The mixing engineers on the show will create a 5.1-channel
program to accompany the HDTV broadcast, which will also be sent to
Dolby DP563 Pro Logic II Encoders to automatically create the Dolby
Pro Logic II soundtrack for analog stations. Dolby DP570 Multichannel
Audio Tool units will enable the mixers to emulate a wide range of home
environments for monitoring, ensuring that their program will sound
its best under any circumstance.
The 5.1 and Pro Logic II signals will be encoded together
into Dolby E, a Dolby professional audio technology designed for broadcast
audio distribution, and sent from the Staples Center to CBS master control
in New York.
“We are honored to work with The Recording Academy
to ensure that GRAMMY viewers hear the best surround sound audio performance
possible in their homes,” said Rocky Graham, Director of Broadcast
Products, Dolby Laboratories. “The GRAMMY Awards always strive
for the highest audio quality and continue to bring innovation to live
broadcasting. We are very pleased to play a role in the production of
this prestigious event.”
About The Recording Academy
Established in 1957, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences,
Inc., also known as The Recording Academy, is an organization of musicians,
producers, engineers and recording professionals that is dedicated to
improving the cultural condition and quality of life for music and its
makers. Internationally known for the GRAMMY Awards, The Recording Academy
is responsible for groundbreaking professional development, cultural
enrichment, advocacy, education and human services programs —
including the creation of the national public education campaign What's
The Download® (WhatsTheDownload.com).
For more information about The Academy, please visit www.grammy.com.
About Dolby Laboratories
Dolby Laboratories (NYSE: DLB) develops and delivers products and technologies
that make the entertainment experience more realistic and immersive.
For four decades Dolby has been at the forefront of defining high-quality
audio and surround sound in cinema, broadcast, home audio systems, cars,
DVDs, headphones, games, televisions, and personal computers. For more
information about Dolby Laboratories or Dolby technologies, please visit
www.dolby.com.
Certain statements in this press release, including statements
regarding the performance, capabilities, and impact of Dolby Digital
5.1, Dolby Pro Logic II and Dolby E, as well as high-definition video;
the potential benefits that Dolby customers, including broadcasters
and audiences, may derive from these products and technologies; and
the availability and quality of the broadcast of the GRAMMY Awards using
Dolby technologies, are "forward-looking statements" that
are subject to risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements
are based on management's current expectations. The following important
factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
the forward-looking statements: the risk of difficulties or errors in
the installation, production, and broadcast of the event, risks associated
with introducing new technologies to broadcasters, and other risks detailed
in Dolby's Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including
the risks identified under the section captioned "Risk Factors"
in its latest Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q. Dolby disclaims any obligation to update information
contained in these forward-looking statements whether as a result of
new information, future events, or otherwise.
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