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Ten guilty of subliminal advertising[Australia]
The Australian ^ | 08 Oct 2008 | The Australian

Posted on 10/10/2008 9:09:49 PM PDT by BGHater

NETWORK Ten used subliminal advertising during the 2007 Aria Awards, but the media authority will not penalise the broadcaster.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) today found Network Ten guilty of breaching the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice during the broadcast of the 2007 ARIA Music Awards on October 28.

During the introduction of nominated artists for the October 2007 telecast, Network Ten broadcasted quick one-frame bursts of sponsor logos, which included Chupa Chups, Big W, Olay, Telstra Bigpond, KFC and Toyota.

The ABC's Media Watch program revealed the breach and ACMA received several complaints shortly after.

ACMA reviewed the material and found the "rapid-cut graphics used in the program was a technique that attempted to convey information to viewers below or near the threshold of normal awareness".

ACMA said Network Ten argued the rapid-cut graphics were intended to be creatively consistent with the fast-paced look and feel of the music presentations.

However, the authority today ruled against Network Ten and demanded it distribute the investigation report to production staff, not use the rapid cut technique again and highlight the code clause in their external production agreements.

ACMA also warned Network Ten not to use the technique for the upcoming 2008 ARIA Music Awards, scheduled for October 19.

(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: advertising; australia; subliminal; tv

1 posted on 10/10/2008 9:09:49 PM PDT by BGHater
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To: BGHater

Wilson Bryan Key has been vindicated!!! Although, strangely, these moderns have nothing on Howard Johnson’s clam plate orgy...


2 posted on 10/10/2008 9:13:29 PM PDT by avenir
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To: BGHater

i wonder if there’s some of that in the u.s.

there has to be a reason that all of the tv viewers that i know

vote democrat.


3 posted on 10/10/2008 9:13:40 PM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)
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To: BGHater

Studies have shown pretty conclusively that subliminal advertising doesn’t even work, so this is pretty embarrassing for these folks.


4 posted on 10/10/2008 9:17:09 PM PDT by fightingback
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To: BGHater

If a stimulus is below the threshold for perception (sub liminal) then it is not perceived. If it’s above the threshold then it’s not subliminal. US has these laws as well, even though so-called subliminal messages are not perceived. It’s all bogus.


5 posted on 10/10/2008 9:24:10 PM PDT by Rudder (That One, Hussein Obama)
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To: fightingback
Studies have shown pretty conclusively that subliminal advertising doesn’t even work, so this is pretty embarrassing for these folks.

For the advertisers yes, for the network not so much. They managed to con a few big companies out of their dough; shrewd business on their part.

6 posted on 10/10/2008 9:35:41 PM PDT by eclecticEel (men who believe deeply in something, even wrong, usually triumph over men who believe in nothing)
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7 posted on 10/10/2008 9:44:27 PM PDT by ansel12 (America's favorite baby boomer, Sarah Barracuda. Hell, she's a natural-born world-shaker.)
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