Sound levels of TV Advertisements (CMs) were measured relative to those of the adjacent programs because they could not exist individually without adjacent programs. The results show that the averaged sound levels of about 20% of the CMs were over -5 dB with small dynamic ranges less than 10 dB. 57% and 84% of CMs in terrestrial and BS digital broadcasting, respectively, had higher sound levels than the main programs. Next, perceptual experiments were performed for 3 types of TV CMs with different sound levels, resulting in that all CMs sounded louder than a reference speech irrespective of large sound level differences. Finally, comparison of a way of insertion of CMs into programs among Japan, UK and US was performed.

Authors: Kimura, Akiko; Miyasaka, Eiichi
Affiliation: Musashi Institute of Technology
AES Convention: 122 (May 2007) Paper Number: 7045
Publication Date: May 1, 2007 Import into BibTeX
Subject: Psychoacoustics, Perception, and Listening Tests
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