CONTENTS

Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
 1     Introduction
 2     Simulcasting of analogue and MPEG-1 layer II digital audio
 3     Loudness considerations
 4     Operating in the analogue domain
 5     Operating in the digital domain
 6     Use of audio meters
        6.1     VU meters
        6.2     Peak meters
        6.3     Loudness meters
 7     Harmonization of audio alignment levels for digital programme exchange – Adoption of SMPTERP155
 8     Peak audio level
 9     The studio environment
10     Application of volume compression in post-production following the final mix of a television commercial soundtrack
11     Loudness range calculation
       11.1     Loudness Range
       11.2     Example algorithm overview
       11.3     Example algorithm definition
       11.4     MATLAB implementation of example loudness range algorithm
12     Ingest of soundtracks into the television broadcasting chain
13     Tests performed at CBS
14     Effect of channel format on predicted programme loudness
       14.1     Introduction
       14.2     A survey of audio loudness in multichannel television programmes
       14.3     Objectives of the survey
       14.4     Metering
       14.5     Results
       14.6     Abnormal results
       14.7     Conclusions
LFE contribution histogram