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Comments on the FCC’s proposed procedural updates to the...

Comments on the FCC’s proposed procedural updates to the CALM Act’s method for calculating the loudness of commercials are due Dec. 27, replies Jan. 13, said Wednesday’s Federal Register (http://1.usa.gov/1dBuzWh). The proposal is based on changes in March to the…

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Advanced Television Systems Committee’s (ATSC) recommended practices, which updated the algorithm used to calculate loudness, said an FNPRM requesting comments. Because the old standard is referenced in the CALM Act legislation, the commission is proposing to update it with the new standard.