Witnify Blog http://blog.witnify.com Just another WordPress site Fri, 21 Mar 2014 02:29:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 CALM Act Matt Belanger on news station compliance with the CALM Act http://blog.witnify.com/?p=13029 http://blog.witnify.com/?p=13029#comments Fri, 13 Dec 2013 21:50:03 +0000 http://sb2.witnify.com/sb3/?p=13029 Continue reading]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztSOSvVzUNg?rel=0

Reporter Matt Belanger explains how news station WGAL took steps to comply with the requirements of the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act and station manager John Humphries talks about how long they've been working to obey the law. The CALM Act went into effect on December 13, 2012 about two years after being signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 15, 2010.

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Michel Proulx, Chief Technology Officer for Miranda Technologies, explains the importance of managing the volume of commercials during a broadcast from both a legislative and a customer service perspectives. He introduces the different types of technology that have been created to monitor the volume of broadcast media. The Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act went into effect on December 13, 2012 forcing broadcasters to comply to the new FCC volume law or face penalties.

]]> http://blog.witnify.com/?feed=rss2&p=13024 0 CALM Act President Barack Obama’s thoughts on the CALM Act http://blog.witnify.com/?p=13004 http://blog.witnify.com/?p=13004#comments Fri, 13 Dec 2013 21:29:44 +0000 http://sb2.witnify.com/sb3/?p=13004 Continue reading]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6raeaqL0Z0I?rel=0

President Barack Obama signed the the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act into law on December 15, 2010 and shares his thoughts on the bill that limits the volume of TV commercials. The CALM Act went into effect on December 13, 2012 and broadcaster must comply with the FCC's volume standards or face penalties.

]]> http://blog.witnify.com/?feed=rss2&p=13004 0 CALM Act Alan Kraemer on short comings of the CALM Act http://blog.witnify.com/?p=13005 http://blog.witnify.com/?p=13005#comments Fri, 13 Dec 2013 21:13:31 +0000 http://sb2.witnify.com/sb3/?p=13005 Continue reading]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS4-C1gJ6NQ?rel=0

SRS Labs' Chief Technology Officer Alan Kraemer discusses why the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act may not fix uneven sound problems across different types of media. The CALM Act was put into effect on December 13, 2012 after a one year implementation period.

]]> http://blog.witnify.com/?feed=rss2&p=13005 0 CALM Act Rep. Anna Eshoo and Senator Whitehouse on the CALM Act http://blog.witnify.com/?p=12978 http://blog.witnify.com/?p=12978#comments Fri, 13 Dec 2013 20:56:40 +0000 http://sb2.witnify.com/sb3/?p=12978 Continue reading]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP8IeIsBRmc?rel=0

Rep. Anna Eshoo introduces the people responsible for the passing CALM Act and discusses how she first decided to take on loud commercials at a legislative level. She comments on the surprising amount of bipartisan support she received and recalls the public comments that bolstered her cause. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse explains how he was approached by constituents at a town hall meeting about stopping loud commercials and explains how President Barack Obama reacted to the bill. The Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act went into effect on December 13, 2012.

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