India Introduces Tough New Rules Governing Tobacco in Movies And Television Programs

India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has notified the rules for Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) [second amendment rules] 2011. These...

U.K. Government Launches Consultation on Rules Governing Product Placement on Television

The U.K. Government is seeking further views on whether to allow product placement in programs made for British television. A consultation, also asking what safeguards should be in place should the product placement rules be revised, is published today...

Government Plans to Regulate Video-on-demand Services And Product Placement on British Television

Plans to regulate video-on-demand services and product placement on British television are set out in a consultation document published by Culture Secretary Andy Burnham today. The proposals are part of a comprehensive consultation on how the UK should...

UK to Oppose European Union Directive on Product Placement

Now here’s a surprise that some people may not have seen coming, namely the fact that Culture Secretary Andy Burnham is actually defending the integrity of television programs over and above the whims of broadcasters’ advertising departments...