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Overview of ARIB Standards (STD-B59)

1. Overview

STD Number	ARIB STD-B59
Standard Name	Three-dimensional Multichannel Stereophonic Sound System for Programme Production
General Description	This standard specifies the basic parameters of three-dimensional multichannel stereophonic sound system beyond 5.1 channels stereophonic sound, as well as the sound signals, etc. used in the studio. This standard is applied to advanced wide band satellite digital broadcasting and advanced digital terrestrial television broadcasting, in Japan, to ensure smooth program production and exchange using this system.

STD Number

ARIB STD-B59

Standard Name

Three-dimensional Multichannel Stereophonic Sound System for Programme Production

General Description

This standard specifies the basic parameters of three-dimensional multichannel stereophonic sound system beyond 5.1 channels stereophonic sound, as well as the sound signals, etc. used in the studio.

This standard is applied to advanced wide band satellite digital broadcasting and advanced digital terrestrial television broadcasting, in Japan, to ensure smooth program production and exchange using this system.

2. Amendment History

Ver.	Amendment or Enactment Date	Amendment summary
3.0	03.25.2025	・Addition of 9.1ch, 7.1ch (middle layer only), and 11.1ch, which are used internationally in program production using object-based audio, to the existing 22.2ch and 7.1ch (5.1ch in the middle layer, 2ch in the upper layer). ・Deletion of the channel assignment table for simultaneous transmission of multiple sound systems, etc.
2.0	07.06.2016	In January 2016, it was decided in Next Generation Television & Broadcasting Promotion Forum (present: The Association for Promotion of Advanced Broadcasting Services) that in advanced digital satellite broadcasting, 7.1ch is also carried out as the three dimensional multichannel sound system. According to this decision, besides conventional system; 22.2ch, description of 7.1ch is added in this amendment. Also, among arrangement of speakers described in Rec. ITU-R BS.2051 (hereinafter written as Rec. BS.2051) which is studio standard of advanced sound system in ITU-R, 4 systems above-mentioned are described in the main part of ARIB STD-B59, all arrangements of speakers except them are described in the references of ARIB STD-B59, and ARIB STD-B59 is modified so that the notation is the same as Rec. BS.2051.
1.0	03.18.2014	Enactment

Ver.

Amendment or Enactment Date

Amendment summary

3.0

03.25.2025

・Addition of 9.1ch, 7.1ch (middle layer only), and 11.1ch, which are used internationally in program production using object-based audio, to the existing 22.2ch and 7.1ch (5.1ch in the middle layer, 2ch in the upper layer).

・Deletion of the channel assignment table for simultaneous transmission of multiple sound systems, etc.

2.0

07.06.2016

In January 2016, it was decided in Next Generation Television & Broadcasting Promotion Forum (present: The Association for Promotion of Advanced Broadcasting Services) that in advanced digital satellite broadcasting, 7.1ch is also carried out as the three dimensional multichannel sound system. According to this decision, besides conventional system; 22.2ch, description of 7.1ch is added in this amendment.

Also, among arrangement of speakers described in Rec. ITU-R BS.2051 (hereinafter written as Rec. BS.2051) which is studio standard of advanced sound system in ITU-R, 4 systems above-mentioned are described in the main part of ARIB STD-B59, all arrangements of speakers except them are described in the references of ARIB STD-B59, and ARIB STD-B59 is modified so that the notation is the same as Rec. BS.2051.

1.0

03.18.2014

Enactment

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