The Council have adopted a Common Position on the proposal for a directive on consumer guarantees. The directive aims to ensure that consumers have uniform protection throughout the EU when purchasing goods. The legal guarantee period of two years for consumer goods, will apply both to new and secondhand goods, although in the case of… Continue reading EU: Agreement on consumer guarantees
The MEP Erika Mann (D, EPP), reporting for the Economic Committee on a Commission study on the electronic communications and teleshopping industry, will this week call on the EP to adopt measures allowing electronic trade to be regulated at an international level, through the World Trade Organisation, and for the Commission to investigate whether it… Continue reading EU: Teleshopping and electronics
Internet Service Provider UK Online has announced the relaunch of its award-winning web site. To be found at http://www.ukonline.co.uk, the completely revamped site provides a central resource for internet users looking for information about Britain and combines this with other interactive services.UK Online’s business development manager, Matt Kelland, said: “We have been working closely with… Continue reading UK Online Website Gets Revamp
Some 50 companies involved in the information technology industry – including America Online, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Microsoft – together with advertisers, direct marketeers and Internet service providers, have grouped together to form the Privacy Alliance, an association to promote self-regulation in Internet commerce. The initial aim is to draw up a set of privacy standards;… Continue reading US: Association formed
The 1997 industry census of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) shows that there were 12,700 people at 206 IPA member agencies at the end of 1997, a small decrease compared to the previous year. The survey also showed that 82% of all agency staff are under the age of 40.
The Parliament has adopted a Commission proposal designed to re-launch the EU Eco-label, which has not so far found popularity with the EU public. Speaking during a debate in Brussels at the end of April, the MEP Danilo Poggiolini (I, EPP) said the Eco-label had been unsuccessful in the past because national schemes, such as… Continue reading EU: Return of the eco-label
After many months of discussion in the Culture Committee the Whitehead Report on the protection of minors in the information society has finally come before the EP for adoption. The report describes the rapid expansion in electronic methods of production and dissemination of information, and raises issues concerning the protection of minors and human dignity.… Continue reading EU: Protection for minors
The Radio Authority is inviting comments from the public and interested parties on the subject of Xfm ‘s proposed takeover by Capital Radio (see Capital’s Xfm Move Dependent On Watchdogs).A public interest test, which assesses if a takeover would be expected to operate against the public’s interest, is automatically invoked when a company proposes to… Continue reading RA Invites Comments On Xfm Takeover
Admissions to the cinema in the UK in the first three months of 1998 are the highest for 26 years according to the Cinema Advertising Association. Between January-March 41.26 million people visited the cinema, a 22.6 per cent increase over the same period the year before.
Commercial radio audiences in the UK have expanded in the past year. According to the Radio Advertising Bureau, commercial radio’s audience share has grown to 50.1 per cent of the total market.
