EBU Members should normally be nominated by their Directors of Engineering. Press Release Issued Sunday 14 September 1997 EBU and AES to co-operate on Audio file formats Following the successful development of the Broadcast Wave Format , BWF, the EBU is pleased to announce that work on extending the scope of audio file interchange will continue in close liaison with the AES Standards Committee. Mark Yonge and John Emmett, the chairmen of the AES and EBU working groups, announced at their joint meeting at IBC in Amsterdam, today Sunday 14 September 1997, that the international field of professional audio required a rapid, simple and rugged technique to interchange audio projects world wide. The Broadcast WAVE Format has been developed by the EBU, in collaboration with industry, to allow audio files to be exchanged between different equipment and different computer platforms used in the production of broadcast programmes. A new supplement to carry infirmation on the peak levels of the audio signal.
Recordable CDs have many attractive features for the exchange of sound programmes.
The major drawback is that the non-recommended sampling frequency of 44.1 kHz is used. Therefore, the prior agreement of the recipient organisation should be obtained before sound programme material exchange is offered in this form. With this proviso, this new EBU Recommendation R89-1997 recommends how programme material should be exchanged as recordable CDs.