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If you're in the US, that's now illegal, and you can file a complaint: https://www.fcc.gov/media/policy/loud-commercials https://www.fcc.gov/media/policy/loud-c
by icebraining 8y ago
If you're in the US, that's now illegal, and you can file a complaint: https://www.fcc.gov/media/policy/loud-commercials https://www.fcc.gov/media/policy/loud-commercials
Other countries have similar rules, complain to your regulator!
- 0xcafecafe 8y agoI am in the US. However, I read somewhere that the ads are allowed to be at the level of the maximum volume in the program, which sort of muddies the waters.
- LeftTurnSignal 8y agoI also think they're encoded very very poorly, compared to normal shows, which can have some nasty volume spikes.
- kup0 8y agoI can't view the standard practice document linked on the page, but I'd be curious if the legislation only affects actual loudness, not perceived loudness. Even if ads and programming are the same db level, ads can easily be EQ'd to be perceived as louder