Fortune-telling TV ads face unpredictable future

TV ads offering fortune-telling services face an unpredictable future after the Broadcasting Complaints Commission (BCC) found they are in breach of legislation.

Fortune-telling TV ads face unpredictable future
Fri, 14 Jul, 2006 - 01:00
Sean McCarthaigh

The BCC has ruled advertisements run on TV3 for Irish Psychics Live and 7th Sense — offering premium-rate phone services for psychic and tarot reading — should be banned.

It is the first time such a ruling has been made although TV commercials advertising such services have been running for several years.

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