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by elarkin 4105 days ago
Actually, it's already illegal in the US: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Advertisement_Loudne...
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Karunamon 4105 days ago
In theory, yes, in practice, that just means the commercials are compressed to the single loudest part of the TV show they accompany. Net effect: Nil. The commercial still sounds louder than everything else.
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timc3 4105 days ago
Not for much longer, one of the highlights of the past couple of years of NAB has been new algorithms and hardware to combat exactly this issue.
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djloche 4105 days ago
On broadcast TV, or maybe on Cable TV. Advertisers play the same games at Spotify, Youtube, etc.
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