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CTA Nationally Adopts Multichannel Audio Channel Assignment
Published on May 2026
CTA has recently published ANSI/CTA-6033, Audio, video and multimedia systems - General channel assignment of multichannel audio IEC 62574:2020. This document specifies the general channel assignment and the metadata for multichannel audio format. This document, with its channel mapping and labelling content, provides the unified usage of channel assignments for source devices, digital audio interfaces and sink devices. For more information and to access the standard, visit Audio, Video and Multimedia Systems - Multichannel Audio Channel Assignment.
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