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US Bans Loud Commercials

Posted by samzenpus on from the turn-it-down dept.

bs0d3 writes "On Tuesday, the FCC passed the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, or CALM. It's a law that states all commercials must run at the same volume as network newscasts. The same applies to network promos. The responsibility falls on cable providers like Comcast or charter. The law will not take effect until next year which leaves it plenty of time to be challenged in court by cable providers or advertisers."

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  1. Re:Pretty late for this, don't you think? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What's the difference between a jew and a pizza?
    A pizza doesn't scream in the oven.

  2. Re:Pretty late for this, don't you think? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I know this is probably feeding the troll... but you wouldn't put chains on a snow tire. you buy them so you don't need to use chains...

  3. Re:Pretty late for this, don't you think? by danomac · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You still need chains to go through mountain passes here. You'd be crazy not to.

    Highways do keep plows running around the clock, but if you get heavy snowfall the accumulation would be too much for your tires to deal with.

    (Got caught going to a ski hill a long time ago... glad I had chains to put on my snow tires, everyone else slid off the road...)