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Recording studios and post-production organisation the Air Entertainment Group has expanded its activities with the launch on 1st February of a new music and lifestyle radio station, Strongroom Alive, writes Kevin Hilton.

New technical and metadata standards for file-based delivery of TV programmes in the UK have been released and include recommendations for audio track layout and loudness control, writes Kevin Hilton.

The 2012 BVE (Broadcast Video Expo) show takes places at Earls Court in London from 14th to 16th February and audio will have a high profile, both on the exhibition floor and in the seminar sessions, writes Kevin Hilton.

PSNE sister title TVBEurope has expanded its team for 2012 with the appointment of Jake Young as staff writer.

The eagerly awaited television adaptation of the best-selling novel Birdsong begins on BBC One this Sunday (22 January), featuring a sound design with layers of ADR and Foley that help recreate the claustrophobic conditions of the trenches during World War I, writes Kevin Hilton.

Professional and domestic audio have been coming ever closer in recent years and this was demonstrated at the recent CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas, where Fraunhofer, Dolby and DTS announced new products and collaborations with home entertainment manufacturers, writes Kevin Hilton.

Danish radio station Radio24syv began its new podcast download service this month, offering listeners the chance to hear programmes again, writes Kevin Hilton.

With loudness standards now established and a vast array of metering and monitoring equipment available, the campaign has begun to ensure that everyone in broadcasting knows what should be done. Dolby's Jeffrey Riedmiller talks to Kevin Hilton about where we are now and the hopes – and fears – for the future.

Quantel is the latest Gold Sponsor to sign up for TVBEurope’s Fast Turnaround TV 2012 conference taking place on 13 March at the Soho Hotel in London.

After nearly 30 years of ineffectual laws and persistent complaints from viewers, France has got tough on loudness with a "global" loudness alignment system and severe penalties. Kevin Hilton looks at the new regulations and how France Télévisions has approached them.

Stringent regulations to deal with television loudness problems in France were implemented during December but Germany and Austria have put back the formal introduction of similar rules until September at the latest, writes Kevin Hilton.

Carols from King's College, Cambridge are not only a traditional feature of UK Christmas broadcasting, they are a test-bed for audio recording experiments and at the end of last year the BBC put different versions online for evaluation, writes Kevin Hilton.

Intercom specialist Clear-Com has supplied a digital matrix and wireless communications system to Beijing Television (BTV), which allows the state broadcaster to connect intercoms in its new broadcast facility and established studio centre, writes Kevin Hilton.

County Cork-based OB facilities company Television Mobile (TVM) Ltd has purchased three SoundField UPM-1 stereo-to-5.1 upmix processors for use in two of its five-strong OB truck fleet, writes David Davies.

Most of the focus on media facilities in the UK this year has centred on the northwest of England – and Salford in particular. But city neighbour Manchester is having its own audio, film and TV studio expansion through The Sharp Project. A central part of this is post-production and music facility 80 Hertz. Kevin Hilton paid a visit.