On Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law to “turn down the volume of commercials that rise to a level louder than the primary video content being watched,” according to a news release.
California previously passed an act in 2010 to mitigate the loudness of commercials on broadcast television and cable operators, but that act did not address streaming services.
“We heard Californians loud and clear, and what’s clear is that they don’t want commercials at a volume any louder than the level at which they were previously enjoying a program,” Newsom said in a statement. “By signing SB 576, California is dialing down this inconvenience across streaming platforms, which had previously not been subject to commercial volume regulations passed by Congress in 2010.”…