Top 10 Media & Entertainment Headlines from UK Celebrities who court publicity will now receive less protection from the Press Complaints Commission if their privacy is infringed. Ofcom – the UK media and communications regulator – has announced plans for the enforcement of a new law which implements regulations concerning TV-type content online. On 15 October 2009 the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) announced that it is undertaking two new market studies which are aimed at clarifying and updating the understanding of consumer harm that arises from potentially misleading advertising and pricing. This article provides a selection of the most interesting ASA adjudications from September and a summary of the key issues considered in the adjudications. The decline in advertising revenues for television stations and its replacement with online advertising spend has continued apace, with online advertising overtaking the television medium for the first time. J&S Security had a leaflet promoting its security guards with an image of a man in a fluorescent jacket, with text saying: ‘Fully uniformed guards, all guards are SIA Licensed.’ Welcome to the 18th edition of the Deloitte Annual Review of Football Finance, in which we analyse and comment on recent financial developments in the world’s most popular sport. A recent EU-wide investigation into misleading advertising and unfair practices on websites selling consumer electronic goods has revealed that 55% of 369 websites investigated showed irregularities. The total European football market grew by €1 billion to €14.6 billion in 2007/08. This was primarily due to a €0.7 billion increase in the ‘big five’ European leagues’ revenues to €7.7 billion (England’s Premier League, France’s Ligue 1, Germany’s Bundesliga, Spain’s Primera and Italy’s Serie A), and the staging of UEFA Euro 2008. Tesco did not breach the CAP Code when it used the prices on a competitor's web site for price comparison purposes, rather than the cheaper in-store prices. |