Numerous articles have been written about our industry's migration to digital and its impact on both the broadcaster and the home viewer. In general, emphasis has been placed on visual elements, such ...

ATSC Recommended Practice (RP) A/85 is usually thought of as a loudness standardization document full of guidelines we must follow to ensure content loudness complies with the CALM Act. In fact, the ...

Why audio matters: Adding microphones to video systems gives critical context — from verifying alarms to capturing disputes, threats, or confessions — that video alone misses. Choosing the right mic: ...

For everyone who has been in the broadcast engineering field for a while, terms such as VU meters, PPM (Peak Program Meter), Loudness Meters, PFR (Peaks of Frequent Recurrence), Noise, Distortion, ...

The world is getting louder. People cannot escape noise pollution in their everyday lives whether from traffic, infrastructure, music or more, but employees can and must be protected from excessive ...