Peter Rogers, chief executive of the Independent Television Commission (ITC), this weekend warned pay-TV operators against confusing the public with digital TV advertising campaigns which criticise rivals’ services. Speaking at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, he voiced concerns that such attacks between the three main DTV players, Sky Digital, On Digital and Cable & Wireless… Continue reading ITC Chief Warns Against Digital Confusion
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) is consulting on proposed revisions to its rule on advertising for slimming aids. The ITC is proposing that all claims for any kind of slimming aid must be backed by evidence of efficacy and safety and subject to qualified medical advice. The ITC is also introducing new wording for rules… Continue reading UK: ITC consults on slimming aids
The EU Directive aimed at preventing the creation of regulatory obstacles to the free movement of information society services has been published in OJ L 217 (5 August 1998). The Directive extends to information services the procedure already in existence for technical standards and regulations relating to goods. It obliges EU MS to notify new… Continue reading EU: Compulsory Information Procedure
After several months of work, the Joint Health Claims Initiative (JHCI) – comprised of the National Food Alliance, LACOTS and the Food & Drink Federation – has now drafted a code on health claims. This code lays down rules and guidelines for companies wishing to make health claims for their products and for regulators called… Continue reading UK: The Joint Health Claims Initiative
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has proposed a minimum size and time restriction for superimposed text on TV ads following a review of the existing guidelines. The revised guidelines will affect ads for travel and holidays as well as for financial services. The text should be in lower case and 14 TV lines in height.… Continue reading UK: ITC proposes minimum size restriction
IPC Magazines has announced the appointment of a new publisher in the form of Adrian Pettett for its magazine Loaded and its website, UpLoaded.Pettett worked at IPC as marketing manager for NME, Melody Maker, Muzik and Loaded in 1996, and since January this year has been responsible for managing all of the commercial and sponsorship… Continue reading Loaded Finds A New Publisher
BSkyB is arguing that ITV looks set to miss out on around £500 million savings if it continues to refuse to allow its channels to be carried by BSkyB’s digital satellite service, Sky Digital. The move is the latest development in the battle between BSkyB and ITV, involving ITV’s refusal to join the digital satellite… Continue reading BSkyB Highlights Possible £500m Savings For ITV
The Home Office has announced that the Working Group on Electoral Procedures is to examine the commercial use of the electoral register. According to the Home Office, the sale of electoral data is viewed with suspicion and hostility by members of the public and may be a contributory factor in the disinclination of certain sectors… Continue reading UK: The Electoral Register
The Government’s Green Paper “Our Healthier Nation” ties the Department of Health to preparing “a new strategy on alcohol to set out a practical framework for a responsible approach”. Whilst the Department of Health has admitted that this is not a Ministerial priority issue at present, concern has been expressed within the advertising and alcoholic… Continue reading UK: Alcohol Strategy
The Stock Market recovered some of its lost ground after a morning which saw nearly £30 billion wiped off the value of top shares.Within moments the FTSE-100 Index was down 153.3 and it later sank as much as 173 points after Wall Street’s overnight plunge. But it then staged a rally to stand down only… Continue reading Market Report
