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It does mention compliance with the CALM act, which lays out the precise methodology by which loudness will be measured [1]

> The Calm Act refers to A/85, and A/85:2013 specifies BS.1770 (specifically referencing BS.1770-1) as the source of its loudness measurement techniques (1770-2 did not exist at the time A/85 was finalized). So BS.1770-1 currently serves as the yardstick by which U.S. television programming will be evaluated for CALM Act compliance.

> BS.1770 recommends the Leq(RLB) measurement algorithm, where Leq(W) the frequency weighted sound level measure, xw is the signal at the output of the weighting filter, xRef is the reference level, and T is the length of the audio sequence.

> The drawback of BS.1770 as originally conceived is that it measures average loudness over the entire length of content. This may be fine if the loudness is fairly consistent over time. If not, a quiet section of content may, as illustrated in Figure 5, bias the average level so that it measures as acceptable despite having some sections that are unacceptably loud.

[1] https://www.telestream.net/pdfs/whitepapers/wp-calm-act-comp...





Off topic but I spot another one of those forcibly made acronyms

> Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act of 2010


Sounds like political ones are exempt?



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