United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2014_register executive 2014-10-07 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7f8b59b D09002ee1c7f8b616 United States Federal Communications Commission originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency In this document, the Commission makes minor changes to the rules that restrict the volume of television commercials. Specifically, as required by the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act, the Commission incorporates by reference into the Commission's rules the Advanced Television Systems Committee's (ATSC) March 12, 2013 A/85:2013 Recommended Practice (RP) (Successor RP), replacing the July 25, 2011 A/85:2011 Recommended Practice (Current RP), incorporated into the Commission's rules in 2011. The Successor RP will become mandatory on June 4, 2015. The 2013 Successor RP applies an improved loudness measurement algorithm to conform to the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) updated BS.1770 measurement algorithm, "BS.1770-3." 79 FR 51107 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2014-08-27/2014-20251 2014-20251 fr27au14-13 6712-01-P MB Docket No. 11-93 FCC 14-71 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2014-08-27/2014-20251 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-08-27/html/2014-20251.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-08-27/pdf/2014-20251.pdf Cable Television Digital Television Incorporation by Reference Satellite Television 7 p. 51107 51113 79 FR 51107 Title 47 Part 73 47 CFR Part 73 Title 47 Part 76 47 CFR Part 76 Implementation of the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act; Federal Register Vol. 79, Issue RULE 2014-20251 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 2015-06-04 MB Docket No. 11-93 FCC 14-71 6712-01-P 2014-20251 Final rule.

In this document, the Commission makes minor changes to the rules that restrict the volume of television commercials. Specifically, as required by the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act, the Commission incorporates by reference into the Commission's rules the Advanced Television Systems Committee's (ATSC) March 12, 2013 A/85:2013 Recommended Practice (RP) (Successor RP), replacing the July 25, 2011 A/85:2011 Recommended Practice (Current RP), incorporated into the Commission's rules in 2011. The Successor RP will become mandatory on June 4, 2015. The 2013 Successor RP applies an improved loudness measurement algorithm to conform to the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) updated BS.1770 measurement algorithm, "BS.1770-3."

Effective June 4, 2015. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of June 4, 2015. For additional information on this proceeding, contact Evan Baranoff, Evan.Baranoff@fcc.gov, of the Media Bureau, Policy Division, (202) 418-2120 or Shabnam Javid, Shabnam.Javid@fcc.gov, of the Engineering Division, Media Bureau at (202) 418-7000. Cable Television Digital Television Incorporation by Reference Satellite Television Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act Implementation , Evan.Baranoff@fcc.gov fcc504@fcc.gov Shabnam.Javid@fcc.gov http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-13-1002A1.docx http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-322079A1.pdf http://www.atsc.org/aboutatsc.html http://www.atsc.org/cms/standards/a_85-2011a.pdf http://www.atsc.org/cms/standards/A_85-2013.pdf http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/ http://www.fcc.gov/mb/ovs/csovscer.html http://www.ncta.com/industry-data http://www.ncta.com/Statistics.aspx http://www.snl.com/InteractiveX/TopCableMSOs.aspx?period=2012Q4&sortcol=subscribersbasic&sortorder=desc Vol. 79, no. 166 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2014-08-27 continuing daily deposited born digital 173 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2014-08-27 P0b002ee189da4b55 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr27au14 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2014-08-27 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-08-27/pdf/FR-2014-08-27.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-08-27/xml/FR-2014-08-27.xml fdlp 51067 51228 DGPO 2014-10-07 2024-06-02 FR-2014-08-27 machine generated eng FR FR-2014-08-27 79 166