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10/14/2009
Loud Ads Get Attention
Legislation addressing overly loud advertisements is beginning to move through the U.S. Congress. The prospect of regulation has some parties concerned. In June 2008, Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA) introduced The Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM, H.R. 6209). Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) sponsored the Senate version of the bill. Last week, the House Communications Subcommittee […]
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10/13/2009
Too Darned Loud
As usual, Congress is there for us… fighting the big fights and taking on the important issues… like loud TV commercials.
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10/09/2009
On the Hill
A bill that would require cable and broadcast to keep the volume for commercials the same as for programs made it out of subcmte Thurs. Rep Anna Eshoo 's (D-CA) Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation
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09/16/2009
CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Host/Talk Show
WINNER: SUZE ORMAN, THE SUZE ORMAN SHOW, CNBC No one pulls out a can of verbal whoop-ass like Suze Orman. And no one does it with more love, care or empathy. The great thing about this show is that it doesn’t pull punches but uses that tough-love approach to actually help people rather than tear […]
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09/16/2009
CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Show Documentary
WINNER: 102 MINUTES THAT CHANGED AMERICA, HISTORY History execs grapple daily with the question: How to present history in a unique way? We felt History got it right with 102 Minutes That Changed America. So did viewers, whose outcry was so great for the 9/11 doc that History repeated it, commercial-free, the evening after its […]
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09/16/2009
CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Actress in Cable
WINNER: ELISABETH MOSS, MAD MEN, AMC Seeking nominations for CableFAX’s Most Powerful Women in Cable edition, our Steve Goldstein wrote, "For those of you with short memories — or relatively recent birth dates — it wasn’t too long ago that women in the workplace were relegated solely to low-paying, subservient roles. This is practically the […]