Ofcom
And the final part of the saga: Ofcom have now finally ruled that I was right all along!
Well, me and 64 others who waited 10 months to be told we were right. Still, at least the system works. Albeit slowly.
The Programme Code states that commercial products must not be promoted in programmes. The initial banner message inviting viewers to find out how to obtain extra channels appeared on screen simultaneously with programming. While accepting that it may be necessary from time to time to inform DTT customers of new 'free-to-air' channels they can view by resetting their boxes, the purpose of this message was clearly to promote Top Up TV - an additional service which requires a subscription fee to view the extra channels offered. It was not transparent to viewers that the message formed part of an advertising communication until after they had clicked the red button. We consider that the banner message indirectly promoted a commercial service within programming and was therefore in breach of the Programme Code.
The inclusion of the banner advertisement during programmes was in breach of Section 8.1 of the (ex-ITC) Programme Code.
Comments
11:15:26 - 25/10/05
This is why this blog is great! You can really follow things from, say, 16/03/05 to now! Congratulations, no letter this time?
11:33:56 - 25/10/05
No letter yet... but I think I deserve one 
(Oh, and how kind of you to refer back to http://dominicself.co.uk/bl..., where the comments are all about your love life
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(Oh, and how kind of you to refer back to http://dominicself.co.uk/bl..., where the comments are all about your love life
)
11:36:21 - 25/10/05
Damn 
11:38:10 - 25/10/05
Woo! I brokeded it!
11:39:52 - 25/10/05
Only to be fixed by the Admin overlords....
11:41:29 - 25/10/05
Bet you never thought those few comments would never come back to haunt you, Alex 
13:04:11 - 25/10/05
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