The Council working group on consumer affairs has been unable to reach a conclusion on the draft Council resolution on the consumer in the information society, and discussions will continue this week in COREPER. Most MS still appear to favour a text that includes a clear statement that “consumers should be able to rely, in… Continue reading EU: Council Resolution discussions continue
Express Newspapers has had to pay libel damages to the actors Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, after printing an article in The Express On Sunday in October 1997 which the High Court in London yesterday ruled was ‘highly offensive’.In the article in question, the paper made the following allegations: that the marriage of Cruise and… Continue reading Express Newspapers Pay Damages To Cruise And Kidman
During an Internal Market Council meeting at the end of September, MS have expressed concerns over a recent ECJ ruling on parallel imports and trade mark laws. Following calls from Sweden, EC Ministers may consider the need to amend EU trademark legislation to make it easier for consumers to understand. Concerns were initially raised following… Continue reading EU: Council concerned about ECJ Ruling
Andrew Brown, Director General of the Advertising Asssociation, has been appointed Chairman of the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP), the body which draws up the UK’s advertising rules. The appointment begins from January 1999.
The EC remains “positive and optimistic” on a data protection agreement with the US, following an informal meeting between the EU’s financial services director-general John Mogg and David Aaron, US under-secretary of commerce. “The atmosphere of the meeting was once again very positive and both sides remain optimistic that the objectives of the dialogue can… Continue reading EU: EC “positive” about accord
The French government has launched a FFr 40m tobacco-control advertising campaign, which promotes ‘Tabac Info Service’, a telephone information line, which aims to persuade pregnant women to stop smoking.
In its most recent Television Advertising Complaints Report, the ITC received 69 complaints from viewers in regard to a Colman’s Mustard advert, created by agency J. Walter Thompson. The slot features a pig dancing to the Bee Gee’s track ‘Staying Alive’, singing about not wanting to get turned into sausages.Complainants, 11 of which were vegetarian,… Continue reading Watchdog Fails To Save The Pig’s Bacon
Emap Metro has confirmed that its top secret Project J is to be a weekly entertainment title aimed at 18-30 year olds.Earlier in the year, the title’s editor-to-be told Newsline that the project would be “a high frequency entertainment magazine” (see Newsline). Project J is set for launch in the first quarter of next year,… Continue reading A Taste Of Emap’s Project J
Last night the Grovesnor Hotel, Park Lane, was the venue of this year’s Media Week awards. The winners of the various categroies were as follows: Grand Prix Winner: Optimum View, Boots the Chemist Long-Term Brand Building Campaign: The Media Business Group, Tag Heur Strategic Sales Pitch: Guardian Media Group, Scottish Courage Launch Strategy: BJK&E Media,… Continue reading 1998 Media Week Awards
Consumer brands are catching up with computing and financial services in the amount of online advertising they use, and more advertisers are online now than ever before. These are the findings of a recent survey carried out by Fletcher Research called The UK Banners Survey.Computing companies were considered the traditional group which used online services… Continue reading Fletcher Shows Increase In Online Advertising
