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ANDO MEDIA TEAMS WITH FRAUNHOFER


Thursday, June 14, 2007

Providence, RI- Thursday, June 14, 2007- Ando Media, a radio ad inventory management and measurement company announced today that it teamed with the German Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS and now supports "true" high definition surround sound streaming through the use of its proprietary processing systems and the mp3 Surround format developed by Fraunhofer.

Ando’s Ad Injector product has been used to manage inventory on HD2 stations for sometime but it has been limited to broadcasting high-bit rate streams in stereo. "True" HD streaming requires 5.1 or 7.1 channels, to date there are currently only a handful of Internet stations broadcasting in 5.1 / 7.1 surround sound.

"By enhancing native software libraries, and in conjunction with Fraunhofer IIS we are able to support as many audio channels as the sound device has available for both input and output. The solution is compatible with both physical as well as virtual audio hardware." states Brian Burrows, Ando’s Chief Scientist. "Rather than requiring drivers to work in HD mode, we designed software around existing standardized driver technology, giving it the widest selection of compatible audio hardware. Clients using the WinAmp Plug-in available from Fraunhofer, can all receive content in true HD surround sound."

The first generation of Ad Injector with HD 5.1/7.1 is available from Ando today.

mp3 Surround enables transmission and playback of 5.1 surround music at data rates comparable to those used for standard stereo mp3 files, while preserving backward compatibility to all current mp3 playback devices. This makes mp3 Surround the format of choice for upgrading any stereo mp3 Internet radio service to 5.1 multi-channel sound. Further information on mp3 Surround can be found at www.mp3surround.com.

About Ando Media
Ando provides a number of products which it licenses to the radio industry that assist stations in monetizing their audience. These products include Webcast Metrics (audience measurement), Ad Injector (ad insertion prior to or into a stream including impression measurement), and PodLoc (inserts ads and measures Podcast listener trends). For more information on Ando Media, please visit www.andomedia.com.

Ando currently numbers it's clients at over 1,700 internet radio stations (as of 1/20/2007) and includes many of the largest terrestrial broadcasting companies and Internet only brands as well.

About Fraunhofer IIS
Founded in 1985, the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen, with its 480 staff members, ranks first in employees and revenues among the Fraunhofer Institutes. Fraunhofer IIS has achieved worldwide recognition for the development of the audio coding method mp3 anc co-invention of AAC. Fraunhofer IIS provides research services on a contract basis and licenses technology in the areas of audio and video source coding, multimedia realtime systems, digital radio broadcasting and digital cinema systems, integrated circuits and sensor systems, design automation, wireless, wired and optical networks, localization and navigation, imaging systems and nanofocus X-ray technology, high-speed cameras, medical sensor solutions, and communications technology in transport and logistics. Its budget of 58 million Euro is financed primarily by projects from industry and public institutions, with less than 20 percent subsidized by state and federal funds. For more information visit www.iis.fraunhofer.de/amm.


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