BT ad banned!

[Olongoer]

BT's ad, the one that claimed they showed movies before Sky did has been banned after Sky complained

[ManniPakyaw]

I saw that ad. BT claimed that their subscribers could choose from new film releases like Slumdog Millionaire before they're shown on Sky Movies.

[cholesterol]

Hehehe BT had it coming then.

[rosaasor]

Actually, the Advertising Standards Authority have received complaints from Sky and two from the public.

[NuRsInGaIde]

The ad is misleading. How can BT claim to be able to run the movies first?

[Topher]

Actually BT said that they ran films before Sky Movies. But they did not say that they did the same with Sky Box Office.

[grover]

Sky Box Office is a premium channel right?

[Nafnaf]

The ASA said that the difference between Sky Movies and Sky BO would not be clear to everyone concerned. So it deemd the BT ad misleading.

[Nafnaf]

Sky Box Office is a premium channel right?

Yes it is.

[cockroach]

BT Vision really twisted the plot this time :)

[vanreek]

The ad is misleading. How can BT claim to be able to run the movies first?

I think BT Vision was not misleading people, they were downright lying. Tsk.

[vanreek]

Here is the ad, by the way
Watch a BT Vision ad banned by the ASA | Media | guardian.co.uk (http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2009/dec/22/asa-bt-vision)