NICAM

British

/ ˈnaɪkæm /

acronym

near-instantaneous companding system: a technique for coding audio signals into digital form

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It's working with Dutch media regulator Nicam to rate "user-generated content" which would normally be unclassified.

From BBC

If Pegi 18, 16 or 12 sections of the online form have been marked with a 'yes', the product comes to the VSC; the rest go to NICAM.

From The Guardian

HDTV, Nicam digital stereo Teletext and international standards for digital television were all developed at Kingswood Warren, home to the BBC's team of broadcast technologists since the 1940s.

From BBC

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