Unfortunately the networks did nothing on their own, so the government has stepped in...
The unfortunate side effect has been stricter regulation by some content makers that I work for in also reducing the dynamic range of the regular content...
The CALM Act
So you are saying they implemented a work-around by lowering the sound of programming so the commericials at "normal"[?] levels will still be louder than the programming, correct? [ you will have to turn up sound for regular programming, making the commercials loud anyway, so much for government intervention]
and the networks are PO'd at Dish? Are the inmates running the asylum?
Don't they realize that the louder and more inane the commercials are the faster people will skip or mute them?
IMO the hopper"s work-around is the answer.
I can remember only a handfull of commercials in the last 10 to 15 years I would watch because they were done well.
Even they got boring by being aired too many times like Grandude said.