Ad busted. (No Comment).Britain's Independent Television Commission has banned a Microsoft (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, www.microsoft.com) The most successful and influential software company. Microsoft's software and Intel's hardware pioneered the PC and revolutionized the computer industry. X-Box ad after 135 viewers complained about the content. The ad shows a baby being shot through a window by force of birth. "He ages rapidly as he travels through the air, screaming, and finally crashes into his own grave as an old man," reports the London London, city, Canada London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Governor Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead. London was settled in 1826. Guardian. The ITC ITC (Brit) n abbr (= Independent Television Commission) → Fernseh-Aufsichtsgremium ITC n abbr (BRIT) (= Independent Television Commission) → didn't did·n't Contraction of did not. didn't did not didn't do buy Microsoft's argument that the ad's tagline--"Life is short. Play more"--is a positive statement. "The man's screams throughout his life's journey suggested a traumatic experience, which, together with the reminder that life is short, made the final scene more shocking," the ITC said. |
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