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The loudness of television programmes is a subject which statistically has maintained its position in the viewers` top ten concerns for nearly forty years. This paper combines a study of these statistics with an objective study of the whole subject of loudness. As a result, a tentative specification for a loudness meter is put forward.
Author (s): Emmett, John;
Girdwood, Charles;
Affiliation:
Thames Television, Teddington, U.K. ; Independent Television CommissiOn, Winchester, U.K.
(See document for exact affiliation information.)
Publication Date:
1994-05-06
Session subject:
Managing the Bit Budget
DOI:
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Emmett, John; Girdwood, Charles; 1994; Programme Loudness Metering [PDF]; Thames Television, Teddington, U.K. ; Independent Television CommissiOn, Winchester, U.K.; Paper MBB-09; Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=6119
Emmett, John; Girdwood, Charles; Programme Loudness Metering [PDF]; Thames Television, Teddington, U.K. ; Independent Television CommissiOn, Winchester, U.K.; Paper MBB-09; 1994 Available: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=6119
@inproceedings{Emmett1994programme,
title={{Programme Loudness Metering}},
author={Emmett, John and Girdwood, Charles},
year={1994},
month={may},
booktitle={Journal of the Audio Engineering Society},
publisher={Paper MBB-09; AES Conference: UK 9th Conference: Managing the Bit Budget (MBB); May 1994},
number={MBB-09},
organization={AES},
}
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