Hearing loss is widespread and significantly impacts an individual's ability to engage with
broadcast media. Access can be improved through new object-based audio personalization …

There has been an increase in the use of immersive or spatialized audio formats for radio
and podcast journalism. Immersion is used to put audiences at the heart of a story, enable …

Media device orchestration (MDO) is the concept of using an ad hoc array of devices to
deliver or augment a media experience. This paper describes a multiple stimulus rating …

Personal devices with loudspeakers can be orchestrated to increase immersion from low
channel count reproduction systems. A trial production was conducted to investigate the …

Audio data compression has revolutionised the way in which the music industry and
musicians sell and distribute their products. Our previous research presented a novel codec …

In this paper we examine how the term'Audio Augmented Reality'(AAR) is used in the
literature, and how the concept is used in practice. In particular, AAR seems to refer to a …

Contemporary listeners are exposed to overlaid cacophonies of sonic sources, both
intentional and incidental. Such soundscape superposition can be usefully characterized by …

Device orchestration is the concept of using an orchestrated set of connected devices to
reproduce or augment a media experience. To evaluate the concept applied to immersive …

Homes contain a plethora of devices for audio-visual content consumption, which intelligent
reproduction systems can exploit to give the best possible experience. To investigate media …

Technological advances in broadcasting can be the impetus for advances in accessibility
services. For the 11 million individuals in the United Kingdom with some degree of hearing …