16 Apr 2010
in
breach of rules governing advertising to children by the ASA from
bidding for government advertising ...
26 Mar 2010
The ASA's remit is to be extended online, but is it too much for one authority, John Tylee asks....a piece of editorial,
what sanctions can be applied to online abusers and how is the ASA's new
role ...
it would provide seed capital to bankroll the ASA's
extended responsibilities for the first few years. On the face of it, the ASA looks like a sheriff vainly trying to keep
order in a lawless frontier town ...
19 Mar 2010
Association working group has been wrestling
with this to prevent "a hospital pass being delivered to the ASA ...
advertising by the ASA is to be funded. "Drawing a distinction between editorial and marketing communication ...
of hundreds of
complaints to the ASA down the years. However, one other issue the new code has failed ...
08 Jan 2010
A TV ad created by WCRS has been banned after the Advertising Standards Authority ruled it implied the digital switchover would be complicated without Sky equipment.
06 Jan 2010
| by John Reynolds
Standards Authority (ASA) ruled it implied the digital switchover would be complicated without having Sky...Plus they would also go digital". However the ASA ruled that as the ad was promoting Sky+ as the way to become digital when this was not true. The ASA added: "We also considered that the ad implied ...
04 Dec 2009
The Advertising Standards Authority is on track to receive 28,000 complaints this year, 1,500 more than in 2008 and a record for the watchdog. However, the number of ads that attracted complaints was down to 14,500, 1,000 fewer than last year.
27 Nov 2009
According to a report in The Times, Travelodge's e-commerce director
Charlie Herbert told the ASA that it is almost impossible for customers
to find £29 rooms on the Premier Inn website when they click on
the "quick bookings" link. ...
13 Nov 2009
received 29 complaints that it was demeaning to African people and perpetuated racial stereotypes. The ASA
06 Nov 2009
"What does the ASA do? Why does it exist? It's useless. This is a scandal. Everyone knows what EDF
23 Oct 2009
The Advertising Standards Authority has launched an investigation into a government-backed climate change ad campaign by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO.