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Ban On Loud TV Commercials Takes Effect Today

Posted by timothy on from the watch-for-workarounds dept.

netbuzz writes "A new law banning broadcasters from delivering TV commercials at a higher volume takes effect today at the end of a yearlong implementation period. Called the CALM Act, or Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, the law does provide for violators to be fined. TV commercials that crank up the volume have been the No. 1 complaint logged with the FCC over the last 10 years."

4 of 383 comments (clear)

  1. I said by mozumder · · Score: 5, Funny

    A BAN ON LOUD TV COMMERCIALS TAKES EFFECT TODAY /an all caps filter? really? people are actually bothered by that?

  2. Re:Myth TV plugin? by Nimey · · Score: 5, Funny

    RMS amplitude

    That's GNU/amplitude, please.

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  3. Re:Mixed feelings. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    loose: the opposite of tight.

    lose: something you had, you have, no more.

    English: FUCKING LEARN IT

  4. Re:sometime it's just stupidity by geekoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    They want people who went to the kitchen to hear the commercial.

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