US scriptwriters call for curbs on product placement

by Ben Bold, Brand Republic 15-Nov-05, 16:00

LONDON - Top US TV and cinema writers have demanded that curbs be placed on the growing incidence of product placement, saying that it is advertising that deceives viewers by hiding behind programming.

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