Loudness of TV Commercials

Why do some TV commercials seem significantly louder than the program materials to which they are attached?

kusina06-03-2006 9:11pm

tfkaudio Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 591 posts 06-04-2006 at 08:51am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The rule, as I remember it, is that a commercial can be no louder than the loudest MOMENT of the sponsored broadcast. This means, if you are watching an NBA basketball game and somebody hits a game winning shot, the commercials that come afterward can be played IN THEIR ENTIRETY at the volume level of the moment when the crowd went wild. Reason number 13,245 why I don't watch TV... Cheers.