Tobacco Sponsorship and Formula One

On July 31st 2005 the Tobacco Advertising and Sponsorship act comes into force whereby it will be illegal to show electronically the logo of a tobacco company. In F1, BAR are seeking clarification on their position whilst West Fags are to lose their 9 year afflilation with McLaren. But no doubt the fascists at Ferrari will keep hold of their Malboro contract, as they exist in a time and space separate to the rest of the world where they ignore anything going on around them in their pursuit of money.

So, in the unlikely event of ITV actually interrupting their advertising schedule to show some race action at a grand prix post July 31st, could they in theory be sued if they show a Ferrari car? Will F1 Racing magazine be forced to airbrush / pixellate their photographs when Schumacher eventually wins a race this season? Or will live F1 become a thing of the past as delayed action is brought in order to pixellate out fag companies logos and replace with a big SMOKING KILLS logo?

Not that I care, I actually stopped watching F1 a long time ago

I seem to remember different rules applying to televising of events taking place outside the UK, e.g. cigarette manufacturers could advertise pitchside at a football match in another country which allows such advertising, and a British broadcaster could still broadcast the match. I think I've got that right.

and silverstone?

What about silverstone? If you remember there is no tabacco advertising when the british grand prix is on.
I think the guy is right, it isn't what its broadcasting too that has to obey the rules, its the country that its actually in, and obey thier laws.

the original post suggests that Ferrari would flout such a law, if this was to occur would ITV have to pixelate the Ferrari cars during Silverstone?

Not that I agree with the original post of course as I feel the profit to fines / legal costs ratio woukd make it useless.

The deadline of the 31st of July is only for British based teams so Ferrari have slightly longer to change the sponsor before the ruling is in force across the EU. I think until the end of next year.

Ste

No becuse tabaco advertising is already eilegel on f1 car in the uk and many other countries thougouht the world.

I think that wins the 'best spelling mistake of the week' award!

It was a perfetic attempt at spelling wasn't it?

Nah, it's not even eligible.

thanks im honerd to recive this adward for the first time thougth i dont think i should be.

Well, I can't see them blurring out sponsorship live!


On a similar theme has anyone noticed how there is now much more blurring of things now in general TV programmes - such as for example logos on clothing or images on TV's in the background.

This is quite a recent development for UK television, though has been common in US programmes for quite some time.

It's damn annoying though!