DTS Connected Radio: A peek under the hood

26.10.2020 - Xperi Corporation WorldDAB Member - United States

DTS Connected Radio gives OEMs the tools to design a dashboard that matches their branded interior design vision and broadcasters the ability to have editorial control over the way their content gets displayed in cars. The end result is a globally consistent, visually appealing, feature-rich user experience.

Let us unpack some of the building blocks and features that make DTS Connected Radio a comprehensive solution that meets OEM requirements.

Global Coverage

Today’s OEMs are no longer regional and whenever they develop an infotainment platform, they deploy it globally, with minimal customisation by region. At the core of our system is the assurance of compatibility with all commercial radio standards including analog, HD Radio, DAB+ and the emerging China Digital Radio (CDR) system. Furthermore, we support this service in over 60 countries, delivering low latency, increased reliability and high redundancy via multiple points of presence. Access to a single, global API means also that OEMs don’t have to worry about deployment by country.

Content is King

DTS Connected Radio takes content management, accuracy and completeness extremely seriously. With more than 100 ingest data partners, a global team of data specialists and subject matter experts, we go beyond aggregating basic broadcast content and integrating premium content. There are sophisticated and proven business processes in place to ensure content validation, content curation and enrichment, as well as content harmonisation, normalisation and localisation. We also have pioneered copyright enforcement and content moderation to comply with local legislation and more.

From a broadcaster perspective, the benefit of our approach is that it ensures a consistent user experience for all stations across geographical regions and varied car platforms. From an OEM perspective, it leads to an enhanced user experience and minimises or eliminates content-related liabilities.

System Security

We architected DTS Connected Radio for security, robustness and responsiveness, which is a design approach that all OEMs require from any connected car solution or service. Without giving the game away, the platform’s most intricate security features are constantly validated and assessed by third-party security audits and penetration testing. This is expensive and time consuming but is a welcome task in order to ensure our platform continues to meet the ever changing and rigorous OEMs security standards.

Flexible Integration and All-Around Support

Not all OEMs are alike, and end-users appreciate OEM design and the thoughtfulness that goes into a well-architected infotainment system that bears the mark of the OEM. DTS Connected Radio gives OEMs all the requisite testing, development, and deployment tools that enable a flexible integration and implementation. Furthermore, this extends beyond product development support and certification to post-deployment support and issue resolution via a 24x7x365 Global Support Organization that Xperi has built to support DTS Connected Radio’s OEM and Tier1 partners.

How to Join the DTS Connected Radio Project

As 2020 draws to an end and we wrap up the 100 Years of Radio celebratory campaign, Xperi would like to invite our WorldDAB fellow members to contact us and continue the conversation about how we can support broadcasters large and small in the ongoing battle for in-car dash relevance and prominence. Visit www.dts.com/in-the-car for more.