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.
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Wilson Bryan Key has been vindicated!!! Although, strangely, these moderns have nothing on Howard Johnson’s clam plate orgy...
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.
Studies have shown pretty conclusively that subliminal advertising doesn’t even work, so this is pretty embarrassing for these folks.
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.
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.
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