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The regional media authorities have announced that an advertisement for the "Euro" (a single European currency) produced by the Federal Government in conjunction with the European Parliament and the European Commission is not permissible as it exceeds the limits for political advertising. The private German broadcasting companies Pro Sieben and Kabel 1 had submitted two advertisements on the euro to the relevant working party on advertising at the regional media authorities to check whether they were admissible at law. One of the two was declared inadmissible as it exceeded the limits for political...

Advertising on French television is restricted by law to a certain number of minutes per hour, averaged out over the day, with a ceiling for any given hour. Advertising must be broadcast within special, clearly marked slots. The CSA has, however, noticed that over the past few months, television channels have been broadcasting more and more commercial-like messages during the actual programmes themselves. The Authority has therefore sent a letter round the broadcasters, in which it stresses the conditions of application of the law as it currently stands, while stating that programmes could nevertheless...

After six years of animated debate at the European level on the issues concerned with the regulation of comparative advertising, a conciliation agreement has been approved. The approved text provides for an amendment of Directive 84/450/EEC on misleading advertising so as to include comparative advertising. Comparative advertising is a form of advertising in which a vendor points the supposedly superior merits of his own product or service and set them against the allegedly lesser quality of concurrent products. To this aim comparative tests are often used. Bringing comparative advertising under...

The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has issued a consultation paper for the procedure it intends to follow when considering applications from ITV licensees to renew their licences. Channel 3 licensees, including GMTV and Teletext, can, if they wish, apply to have their licences renewed with effect from 1 January 1999. This is despite the fact that existing licences do not expire until 2002, but section 20 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 states that it is up to the ITC to decide whether to renew the existing licences or to advertise new ones. Setting the financial terms for renewal is the key...

In a letter to ITC Chairman Sir Robin Biggam, Mr Chris Smith, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (the former Department of National Heritage) announced that there is no continuing need, or real justification, for the Channel 4 Funding Formula now that Channel 4 is a well-established broadcaster with a steady income stream. The 1990 Broadcasting Act contains a safety net mechanism by which Channel 4 is guaranteed funding from the Channel 3 companies should its income from advertising revenue fall below 14 per cent of Total National Advertising Revenues (TNAR). The 14 per cent threshold...