US EditionGovernor Newsom signs bill to silence blaring streaming ads in California homes
- Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 576 into law in California on October 6, 2025, banning loud commercials on streaming services.
- Lawmakers created the bill in response to widespread viewer complaints that commercials were much louder than streamed programs.
- Inspired by frustrated parents and a baby named Samantha, State Senator Thomas Umberg led the bill through the legislature, where it passed unanimously.
- Newsom emphasized that Californians have made it clear they prefer commercials to be no louder than the programs they're watching.
- The new law requires streaming platforms like Netflix and Hulu to comply with the CALM Act's standards starting July 1, 2026, though enforcement details remain undetermined.
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A new law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom imposes an equivalent volume of sound between spots and programs. Streaming platforms are also involved.
California bans loud commercials on Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services
Starting July 1, 2026, streaming services won’t be allowed to “transmit the audio of commercial advertisements louder than the video content the advertisements accompany,” according to the bill's text.
Noisy TV commercials were banned in California, announced Monday the governor of the state who enacted a law to lower the volume of these advertisements. TV viewers in the United States complain that commercial TV ads can have much more volume than the program they see on the screen. They may be watching a quiet documentary about nature and immediately jump to search for remote control and silence a man who appears screaming about a new anti-gas…
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