DTS (company)
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DTS, Inc. (originally Digital Theater Systems) is an American company. DTS company makes multichannel audio technologies for film and video. Based in Calabasas, California, the company introduced its DTS technology in 1993 as a competitor to Dolby Laboratories, incorporating DTS in the film Jurassic Park (1993).[3][4][5] The DTS product is used in surround sound formats for both commercial/theatrical and consumer-grade applications. It was known as The Digital Experience until 1995. DTS licenses its technologies to consumer electronics manufacturers.
Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Audio, audio data compression, audio encoding, audio remastering |
Predecessor | Ultra Stereo |
Founded | October 1993; 30 years ago (1993-10) (as Digital Theater Systems, Inc.)[1] |
Founder | Terry Beard |
Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Jon Kirchner (Chairman and CEO) |
Products | DTS-HD Master Audio Suite DTS HD Surround Audio Suite HD Radio DTS:X Headphone:X Play-Fi |
Parent | Xperi |
Subsidiaries | HD Radio (iBiquity) Manzanita Systems Phorus SRS Labs |
Website | dts.com |
DTS, Inc. was acquired by Tessera Technologies Inc. in December 2016[6] and combined under the newly-created Tessera Holding Corporation. The combined company was renamed to Xperi Corporation in February 2017.[7]