Technologie i telekomunikacja · 09/07/2012

FCC Adopts CALM Act Implementation Rules to Regulate Digital TV Commercial Loudness

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted rules to implement the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act, which aims to prevent digital TV commercials from being transmitted at excessively loud volumes. The rules will take effect on December 13, 2012, and apply to digital TV broadcasters, cable operators, and other multichannel video programming distributors.