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Siemens to back ITV's Ant & Dec game show.(Brief Article)
Siemens is sponsoring ITV1's new concept Ant & Dec series in which the products of an advertising break constitute the show's prize.
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway will award the prizes from a randomly selected ad break screened sometime over the previous week on ITV1.
This is a compromise on the original programme format: which had planned to give away the contents of a commercial break during the live show.
However, this idea breached Independent Television Commission regulations on the separation of programmes and ads which states: 'Commercial products or services must not be promoted within programmes. The advertising content of any form of programme support material must not exceed 35 per cent of the total format. This advertising needs to be clearly distinguishable from the editorial content.'
The quality of the prize, which could range from a new car to a packet of Pringles, depends on the break chosen for the game.
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