As TV production quality improves the dynamic range of some programs has increased. Sitcoms and news have pretty flat dynamics, action shows have wide dynamics. The same thing has happened with commercials too.
How do you regulate the volume of the same commercial against shows with high average levels vs. lower average levels? What about if the same commercial gets shown during the same show after a quiet passage vs. a big explodo-fest?
OK, lets assume you've legislated a complex solution where each commercial has a "desired average level" and each show has a "this was the average level before the designed in break" and some complex formula to regulate the playback gain of the commercial. Now the FCC changes the rules (again) concerning the amount of commercials allowed per hour and the episode gets re-cut? Who's going to go back in and redo all those settings?
Nothing is going to change. Since the advertisers pay for everything they get what they want.
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Can't work.
As TV production quality improves the dynamic range of some programs has increased. Sitcoms and news have pretty flat dynamics, action shows have wide dynamics. The same thing has happened with commercials too.
How do you regulate the volume of the same commercial against shows with high average levels vs. lower average levels? What about if the same commercial gets shown during the same show after a quiet passage vs. a big explodo-fest?
OK, lets assume you've legislated a complex solution where each commercial has a "desired average level" and each show has a "this was the average level before the designed in break" and some complex formula to regulate the playback gain of the commercial. Now the FCC changes the rules (again) concerning the amount of commercials allowed per hour and the episode gets re-cut? Who's going to go back in and redo all those settings?
Nothing is going to change. Since the advertisers pay for everything they get what they want.