MonkeyFunk
03-23-2007, 10:03 AM
http://media.guardian.co.uk/advertising/story/0,,2029539,00.html
The article requires free registration, but here's an excerpt:
"It is interesting looking at the food advertising to children experience, one of most powerful arguments was not put at all until late in day and that is the impact on British-produced content to children," [John Whittingdale MP] added today, in a speech at the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers conference.
"[It will] have a damaging effect on children's broadcasting that will lead to money going out of it, the effect will be fewer children's programmes produced in this country except for the BBC," said Mr Whittingdale.
"There will be a growth of the likes of Japanese anime cartoons and American animated content which is something we are concerned about and may need to be addressed as part of challenge of maintaining public service plurality."
Good to see someone bringing this stuff up, even though I'm not 100% behind him on the junk food ban issue - I'd like to see more Government funding, as I believe Canada has (like Channel 4 did with adult animation)
Also, anime fans are objecting (http://forums.animeuknews.net/viewtopic.php?t=6284), for no logical reason.
The article requires free registration, but here's an excerpt:
"It is interesting looking at the food advertising to children experience, one of most powerful arguments was not put at all until late in day and that is the impact on British-produced content to children," [John Whittingdale MP] added today, in a speech at the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers conference.
"[It will] have a damaging effect on children's broadcasting that will lead to money going out of it, the effect will be fewer children's programmes produced in this country except for the BBC," said Mr Whittingdale.
"There will be a growth of the likes of Japanese anime cartoons and American animated content which is something we are concerned about and may need to be addressed as part of challenge of maintaining public service plurality."
Good to see someone bringing this stuff up, even though I'm not 100% behind him on the junk food ban issue - I'd like to see more Government funding, as I believe Canada has (like Channel 4 did with adult animation)
Also, anime fans are objecting (http://forums.animeuknews.net/viewtopic.php?t=6284), for no logical reason.