Reps Eshoo, Whitehouse Want FCC Update on CALM Act

The co-authors of the CALM Act want the Federal Communications Commission to give them an update on the progress of the law's implementation, which requires video providers to insure advertisement volume is consistent with the surrounding program.

The law went into effect approximately six months ago and they want to know, for one thing, how many complaints the FCC has received about loud commercials since then, as well as how many entities have been granted waivers of temporary relief from that implementation. In a letter to acting FCC chairwoman Mignon Clyburn, Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) did not indicate any impatience with that implementation, and a spokesperson for Rep Eshoo confirmed it was simply a six-month check-up rather than a response to any complaint. "We have not heard any bad reports," he said.