12 May 2011
| by Matt Williams
The ASA received more than 25,000 complaints about 13,074 different ad campaigns in 2010 ...
, the ASA acted to change or withdraw 2,226 campaigns, including high-profile spots for Sony PlayStation ...
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However the ASA did not uphold the complaint, stating that the ad was surreal and light-hearted in tone ...
11 Dec 2008
| by Miranda Fitzgerald
The ASA surveyed 927 ads across a variety of media, including TV, radio, online, press, posters and direct mailings. It found only 1% of the ads breached the code that was introduced last year to tackle childhood obesity. The non-alcoholic drinks sector was found to have the lowest rate of compliance ...
21 Jul 2010
| by Sarah Shearman
A TV ad for Burger King's Tendercrisp chicken burger has been banned by the ASA following two...it was a "locked-in" shot.
The ASA said that because the ad showed the burger between the fingertips ...
the ASA upheld the complaints against the ad because the burger was shown in close-up, held by both the man's hands before a shot of it in one hand.
The ASA said: "We acknowledged the man was shown ...
09 Dec 2009
| by Hadassah Nymark
. KFC cited an earlier ASA adjudication on the ad, which concluded the ad gave viewers a misleading ...
provide freshly prepared chicken, not frozen, on a daily basis. The ASA noted that without the on ...
15 Jul 2009
| by Hadassah Nymark
to the on-the-bone product. The ASA noted the ad s claim of "fresh and prepared in-store" referred to one ...
20 Apr 2012
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
and enable them to form healthy relationships. The ASA reinforced the importance of this message when ...
27 May 2009
| by Staff
on the copybook was the ban imposed last October by the ASA on Oasis' 'Cactus Kid' ad, which it ruled could ...
it was ordered to change TV ads after The Co-operative, Waitrose and Asda complained to the ASA about its claim ...
27 May 2009
| by Staff
than 1000 complaints to the ASA due to its fight scenes. This follows last year's criticised ad for VW ...
26 May 2010
| by Nicola Clark
at the beginning of the recession, last August the ASA ruled that the supermarket had run 'misleading' comparison ...