08 Sep 2004
| by Samuel Solley
, as the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) prepares to rule against its 'the new 192' strapline....Rival operator The Number lodged a complaint with the ASA about the line, which BT has been using since the service's launch in December 2002. ASA codes state that the word 'new' can be used for a launch for up to a year.
As Marketing went to press, The Number's complaint was being passed to the ASA ...
04 Aug 2004
As mobile marketing enters the mainstream, the ASA has issued guidelines that should prevent..., as the Advertising Standards Authority's (ASA) Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has shown by issuing its first ...
and cause offence. Complaints about text messages to the ASA increased by 500% in 2003 to 353, compared ...
with the ASA. The CAP code mirrors the directives and guidelines already in place.'
Enpocket's Larsen agrees ...
21 Jul 2004
| by Ben Carter
' industry peers. Several are threatening to complain to the ASA about what they claim to be 'unfair ...
16 Apr 2004
| by Rachel Gardner
-mails to a target group of consumers, the ASA will get involved if a complaint is later lodged. To date there has never been a formal investigation.
A spokeswoman for the ASA says: "One reason for this lack ...
15 Apr 2004
package with BT Together without comparing call charges. Egg has also been castigated by the ASA for an e
04 Mar 2004
| by Colin Grimshaw
by the watchdog Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for "encouraging sexual violence toward women"....is where I got further with Lara than anyone else'.
The ASA upheld seven complaints about the ads ...
to be offensive to women, according to the ASA, and the caravan execution encouraged sexual violence toward women ...
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The ASA also upheld 19 complaints about a Ryanair press ad that depicted Prince Charles promoting ...
16 Jan 2004
Ofcom might demand a change of socks and shorts for the runners in the 118 118 ads to prevent viewers comparing them with the 70s athlete David Bedford. The Advertising Standards Authority left a similar complaint about a 118 118 print campaign stuck in the starting blocks. Ofcom risks ridicule unless...
15 Jan 2004
| by Ben Carter
.Tel disputed this claim and lodged a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which was upheld this week.
BT was warned by the ASA not to use such comparative ads again, particularly as the campaign ...