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An order related to the Commercial Advertisement Loudness...

An order related to the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act rules listed as circulating among FCC members is a procedural update to the act’s loudness standards, an agency official told us. As explained in an FNPRM last year, the proposed…

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update was prompted by changes to the Advanced Television Systems Committee algorithm used to calculate loudness (CD Nov 5 p18), according to the official. The legislation references the old ATSC standard, and the order would update the language with the new one, the official said. The FNPRM didn’t receive any opposing comments, according to the proceeding’s docket 11-93 (http://bit.ly/1trMIbw). NAB asked that stations be permitted flexibility and time extensions for updating their equipment to the new standard. The Media Bureau didn’t comment.