Dolby Laboratories, Inc., often shortened to Dolby Labs, is an American company specializing in audio noise reduction and audio encoding/compression. Dolby Labs was founded by American Ray Dolby in Great Britain in 1965. He moved the company to the United States (San Francisco, California) in 1976.
The Cinema Audio Society Awards are an annual awards ceremony that honor outstanding achievements in sound mixing. These awards are presented by the Cinema Audio Society since 1994.