02 Dec 2005
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
approved it in advance. In a letter to the ASA chairman,
Lord Borrie, he has called for new guidelines ...
dishonest and misleading fake." Challen urged the ASA to live up to the slogan it uses in its own
campaign ...
of the BNG case, the ASA is no better at
removing bad ads than it is capable of giving full and honest ...
16 Nov 2005
| by by Daniel Farey-Jones
the approach in future," the ASA said.
Anteon had used the case of Rory Blackhall, 11, who vanished after ...
. They pointed out that text stated "We can help reduce the possibility of such future tragedies...".
The ASA ...
09 Nov 2005
| by by Daniel Farey-Jones
it would be inevitable that more children would be listening during this period.
The ASA said: "Capital ...
complainant heard the ad on Liverpool station Radio City during a sports show at 7.45pm. The ASA did ...
09 Nov 2005
The ASA received seven complaints about the ads, which featured slogans
such as 'This is our City', 'Real Manchester' and 'Greater
Manchester'. Complainants claimed the team did not represent Manchester ...
colours and official website
address were present. The ASA dismissed the complaints, ruling ...
04 Nov 2005
regulation has been contracted out to the
ASA. Good for the ASA: it has clearly learned its lesson from ...
10 Oct 2005
| by by Julia Pearlman
was not upheld by the ASA.
As well as the television ad, the campaign comprises women's weekly press and 48 ...
06 Oct 2005
Animal Defenders International (ADI) is preparing to lobby the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA...and marketing press, encouraging people to complain to the ASA about the ad. It believes around 20 complaints have been made, and is preparing to drive the message home by reminding ASA chairman Lord Borrie ...
05 Oct 2005
| by by Julia Pearlman
the sound they transmitted to produce a "richer" sound, which some listeners preferred.
An ASA statement ...
' problem highlighted by the complainant."
The ASA did however find that the radio ad was misleading ...
05 Oct 2005
| by by Julia Pearlman
"smoking makes people smell".
The ASA concluded that it did not consider that the ad claimed ...
23 Sep 2005
Eighty viewers complained to the ASA that the ads did not clearly
explain that making a payment automatically signed customers up to a
subscription service. Sixty-four of these people, plus a further 180
viewers, complained that the ads particularly targeted young
children. A further 33 viewers said ...