China selects DRA as national audio coding standard
Shanghai. April 20. INTERFAX-CHINA - China has selected the homegrown
DRA standard as its national audio coding standard, domestic media
reported on April 19.
The DRA standard is for the coding of audio for digital TV
transmissions. Use of the standard will allow Chinese companies to avoid
the relatively high licensing fees charged by the patent holders of
foreign standards.
"The development of audio coding technology is a key project in the
State Council's stimulus program for the electronics and IT industry.
The government will fund the industrialization of the standard to avoid
high patent fees charged by foreign audio coding standard developers,"
Chinese industry portal Sina cited Lou Qinjian, Vice Minister of
Industry and Information Technology, as saying on April 19.
DRA was also selected by the State Administration of Radio, Film and
Television (SARFT) as its audio coding standard in 2008, and recognized
recently by global industry consortium the Blu-ray Disc Association.
-HJL
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