"Audio Delivery Specifications around the World" 14/mar/21

PLEASE CONTRIBUTE! This is a shared spreadsheet on Google Drive made by *Simone Corelli ([email protected]) with the contribution of sound engineers around the world.
Unofficial source of info! I'm absolutely not responsible for the content.
Gate -10 LU Max Peak (please Documentation
Nation Integrated Loudness Source!!
Broadcaster relative to the specify if QPPM Notes date
(English name) and tolerance (please add a link to the document)
average or TP) (dd/mm/yyyy)
https://www.freetv.com.au/wp-
Public broadcasters (ABC and SBS) content/uploads/2019/08/OP-59-
Commercial FTA
Australia -24 LUFS +/- 1 LU yes -2 dB TP do not formally adhere to this Measurement-and-Managemnt-of- 01/10/2018
(Channels 7, 9 and10)
standard (OP59) Loudness-for-TV-Broadcasting-Issue-
4-October-2018.pdf
http://www.globosatcomercial.com.
Brazil Globosat -23LUFS +/- 0.5LU n/a -3 dB TP Max Short Term: -18 LUFS br/Download/ESPECIFICACAO_TV. 01/02/2018
PDF
Maximum Short Term: -20 LUFS
Bulgaria AdStream -23LUFS +/- 0.5 LU yes -10 dB TP 01/11/2018
Maximum Momentary: -15 LUFS
Finland Yle -23 LUFS yes -1 dB TP 11/11/2018
https://www.francetelevisions.
Programs < 2min
France France television -23 LUFS yes -3 dB TP fr/groupe/espace-pro/ressources- 21/03/2019
Maximum Short Term: -20 LUFS
techniques-843
Programs > 2min https://www.francetelevisions.
France France television -23 LUFS +/- 1 LU yes -3 dB TP 21/03/2019
LRA : -23LU (+/- 5 LU) fr/groupe/espace-pro/ressources-
short term loudness range dialog: techniques-843
https://wp.arte.
France and -23 LUFS
there are (+/- 7 LUFS)
also indications for dialog tv/corporate/files/consignes-
Arte -23 LUFS +/- 1 LU yes -1 dB TP 01/06/2018
Germany and limitations to the LRA. techniques-globales-arte-geie-v1-06.
pdf#page22
Generic AGCOM please check AGCOM entry in this Preset from iZotope Loudness Control
Generic -24 LKFS +/-0.5 LU yes -2 dB TP 01/12/2018
219,09,CSP spreadsheet software, 2018
Preset from iZotope Loudness Control
Generic Generic ARIB TR-B32 -24 LKFS +/-2 LU yes -1 dB TP 01/12/2018
software, 2018
Preset from iZotope Loudness Control
Generic Generic ATSC A,85 -24 LKFS +/-2 LU yes -2 dB TP 01/12/2018
software, 2018
Ireland RTE, TV3, TG4 -23 LUFS yes -1 dB TP 06/12/2018
Italy Discovery Channel -23 LUFS +/- 1 LU yes -1 dB TP
Italy Mediaset -24 LUFS+/-0.5 LU yes -6 dB TP so strange! a friend showed me a screenshot... 06/01/2021
Capitolato Tecnico per l’acquisto di
prodotti televisivi nei formati
max Peak (please Unofficially they require "high level" SD/HD/3D/UHD per
Italy RAI -23 LUFS +/- 0.5 LU yes specify if QPPM dialog and reduced dynamics (less Fiction/Cinema, v. 1.3 disponibile qui: 01/07/2017
or TP) than 20 LU?), generically. http://www.rai.
it/dl/docs/1502112283631Capitolato_
Tecnico_1.3.1_GF_fin..pdf
verificare la fonte! risulta forse -24
Italy Sky -23 LUFS +/- 1 LU yes -1 dB TP
invece di -23
PM & ITAMIX 5.1+LtRt encoded in
Italy Fox -24 LUFS +/- 1 LU -2 dB TP
Dolby E
https://www.agcom.
Il documento ha anche una validità it/documents/10179/1/document/6d
Italy AGCOM (spots) -24 LUFS +/-0.5 LU 01/03/2012
didattica non indifferente 682dbd-0e3a-4f1a-9ee5-
ee7cb5640dce
Maximum Short Term: -20LUFS
Moldova AdStream -23LUFS +/- 0.5 LU yes -12 dB QPPM? 01/11/2018
Maximum Momentary: N/A
http://images.tvnz.co.
nz/tvnz_images/about_tvnz/S57GH
New Zealand TVNZ -24dB LUFS +/-1 LU yes -2 dB TP 01/06/2014
D-7-2014-Production%20Gold%
20Level%20Sept%202014.pdf
New Zealand TV3/Mediaworks -24 dB LUFS +/- 1 LU yes -2 dB TP
https://www.adstream.com.
Most broadcasters
Maximum Short Term: -20LUFS ro/uploads/technical_specs/1_Adstr
Romania (AdStream / TV -23LUFS +/- 0.5 LU yes -1 dB TP 01/11/2018
Maximum Momentary: -15LUFS eam_RO_Technical_Specifications_
Delivery)
General_19_11_2018.pdf
please check the source. It is strange a
Russia Culture -23 LUFS +/- 1 LU yes -9 dB TP limitation to -9 dB tp. Probably it's
QPPM.
Serbian Broadcasting RTS: Standardi dostave materijala,
Serbia -23 LUFS+/- 0.5 LU yes -1 dB TP -3 dB TP Max Peak Recommended 08/01/2021
Corporation (RTS) 2020.
Serbia N1 -23 LUFS+/- 0.5 LU yes -1 dB TP -3 dB TP Max Peak Recommended N1 delivery standards 08/01/2021
-3 dB TP Max Peak Recommended,
I made the delivery standards
Speech content in factual
Serbia K1 -23 LUFS+/- 0.5 LU yes -1 dB TP document for this TV (please add a 08/01/2021
programmes should aim for
link to the document)
an LRA of no more than 6LU
These are specified as delivery
Smithsonian US, Smithsonian US, requirements and not nessearily
-24 LUFS +/- 2 LU yes -10 dB QPPM? ? 06/12/2018
UK & Ireland UK&Ireland what they broadcast. I thought +/-
2 LU was generous..
It cites explicitely the EBU R-128
recommendations (but tolerance is RSI: Technical References for
Switzerland RSI -23 LUFS +/- 1 LU yes -1 dB TP 23/08/2012
wider), adding a generic "The audio purchase v.1.6.1
must be mixed for TV dynamic".
DDP - Digital
Production
“Technical Specification for File
Partnership Optional sync beep at 09 59 57 06, 1
Delivery (DPP/Channel Four
UK Broadcasters: -23 LUFS +/-1 LU yes -3 dB TP Frame 1kHz tone (on first white ?
Television)” + Preset from iZotope
BBC, BT Sport, frame of two)
Loudness Control software, 2018
Channel 4, Channel 5,
ITV, Sky, STV and TG4
Maximum Short Term: -18LUFS
Ukraine AdStream -23LUFS +/- 0.5 LU yes -1 dB TP 01/11/2018
Maximum Momentary: N/A
https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.
Use Nugen LM Correct with Dialog com/hc/en-
-27 LUFS +/- 2 LU
Worldwide Netflix new method -2.3 dB TP Intelligence (NF uses Dolby TP us/articles/360001794307-Netflix- 01/07/2020
with dialog intelligence
Meter) Sound-Mix-Specifications-Best-
Practices-v1-2
https://www.beam.tv/content/user-
Several. See Source
Worldwide Beam.TV guides/beam_international_specifica 06/01/2021
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*Simone Corelli is a rerecording sound mixer who teach audio engineering in Italy and Switzerland (www.cesma.ch). He published some books available through Amazon. Contact him at [email protected] or through Linkedin
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Spotify –14 LUFS -1dB https://artists.spotify.com/faq/mastering-and-loudness#will-spotify-play-my-track-at-the-level-it's-mastered

YouTube –14 LUFS -1dB
Apple Music –16 (±1) LUFS -1dB
Apple Podcast –16 (±1) LUFS -1dB
TIDAL –14 LUFS -1dB
Amazon Music –14 LUFS -2dB
Amazon Alexa –14 LUFS -2dB
Soundcloud answer : There is no max
loudness on SoundCloud, no. We don't
normalize the tracks that our users upload.
The uploads are encoded into 128kbps mp3
Souncloud audio files for the purpose of streaming. If So you still support crushed mixes, good to know
you do enable downloads for your tracks,
though, the file that others will download will
be the exact same file as you originally
uploaded.
Google Home / Google Assistant –16 (±2) LUFS n/a https://developers.google.com/assistant/conversational/df-asdk/reference/audio-loudness