Over the last eighteen months an EBU strategic programme focusing on green issues has been taking shape. In the latest issue of tech-i magazine, the group's interim chair, Simon Tuff (BBC), sets out the objectives of SP-STiB, Sustainable Technology in Broadcasting. There's also a report on Europe's most environmentally sustainable studio facilities at BSkyB in London.

The publication of an EBU Recommendation on Digital Radio Distribution, R 138, was a milestone for the European radio industry. The chair of the EBU's Digital Radio Platforms Group, RNE's Javier Sánchez Pérez, introduces the document and explains its significance.

This issue of tech-i also features two articles on the topic of media integration, presenting relevant projects from VRT in Belgium and CBC/Radio-Canada. The former has used the EBU Class Conceptual Data Model as the basis for its new media integration platform. And at CBC the needs of multi-platform production are being addressed via a new approach that adapts and integrates workflows to deliver content quickly and efficiently.

Other articles include:

• Progress report from FoBTV
• Member Profile: Polish Television
• The Euroradio media apps survey
• The future of the AM bands
• Introducing the Joint Task Force on Networked Media
• In the Spotlight: Pere Vila Fumas, RTVE
• David Wood looks technology options for future broadcasting

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