Robert Toet, chairman of the Confederation of European Community Cigarette Manufacturers (CECCM), said last week that moves to restrict tobacco advertising in the EU – where health ministers are currently studying proposals for complete advertising bans – will mean a price war between manufacturers. Toet said European health policy Commissioner Padraig Flynn “has declared war”… Continue reading EU: Advertising War Hots Up
On 4 June Directive 97/7 (on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts) has been published in the OJ (L 144/19). The Directive is to be transposed into the national laws of the MS within three years. The Directive imposes substantial obligations on all suppliers of goods and services in the EU to… Continue reading EU: Distance Contracts Directive published
On 3 June Karel Van Miert, commissioner for competition, said that the Commission and the UK authorities are concerned about the bid by BDB for terrestrial digital broadcasting licenses in the UK. BDB is a consortium comprising BskyB, Carlton Communications and the Granada Group. BDB recently bid for digital broadcasting licenses from the UK authorities… Continue reading EU: Van Miert warns BDB
The UK minister for National Heritage, Chris Smith, has said that the government has no plans to enforce the fitting of V-chips, the technological filtering device, to TV sets: “The best V-chip in the world is the off switch” he said.
The Larive Report has emerged from the 9 June Economic and Monetary Committee meeting longer but relatively unscathed, as the Committee decided to opt for the Hughes Procedure, and therefore included key conclusions of other EP Committees as well as several of the proposed amendments from its own members. The most damaging of the amendments… Continue reading EU: Larive Report voted by Committee
Reed Hundt, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has suffered a setback in his efforts to start an investigation into spirits advertising on television. Two fellow regulators are attempting to block Hundt’s efforts. They are Rachelle Chong and James Quello, both commissioners with the FCC. They have said that such an investigation is beyond… Continue reading US: FCC’s Hundt suffers setback
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The highly restrictive Loi Evin – the French legislation banning advertising of alcoholic beverages in France – will be at issue in a consideration by the EC of a case brought by Europe’s alcohol manufacturers at the next meeting considering infringement procedures on 19 June.
GWR Group is to lobby the National Heritage Secretary, Chris Smith, to relax the rules on UK radio ownership. Henry Meakin, the Group’s chairman, wishes the current 15% audience share rules to be increased. GWR currently has a 14.9% share which prevents it from expanding further into the UK radio market and has forced it… Continue reading GWR In Talks With The Government
Westcountry is launching a new programme strand “dedicated entirely to blokes’ stuff” which will aim to attract 18-34 year old males interested in “beer, babes, sport and cars.” The programme, to be called The L.A.D.S, will be broadcast on the ITV Nightime Network from July. It will be shot on location and presented by David… Continue reading Westcountry Hopes To Attract The Lads
