
The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) ordered the TNT channel to lower the volume of the announcement concerning the broadcast of advertising. On this subject informed county press office.
“On the airwaves of the TNT channel, the sound level of the announcement of the subsequent broadcast of the advertisement exceeded the average sound level of the sound of the television program interrupted by it,” noted the FAS.
TNT must remedy the breach within one month of receipt of the order. Otherwise, the channel can be fined 300,000-500,000 rubles.
FAS excited case against TNT in January 2023. The agency said the difference in the volume of commercials, announcements and TV shows aired on TNT was “higher than acceptable”.
According to approved FAS methodology the volume of the advertisement cannot exceed the volume of the fragment that sounded before and after it by a maximum of 1.5 decibels.
In November 2020 SAF a fine NTV channel for 100 thousand rubles. for loud advertising.
