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False alarm: Networks fined $1.9m as ‘Olympus’ advert makes a splash

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Wed, 05 Mar, 2014 - 00:00

USA: It turns out that using emergency warning tones in a US TV advert with images of the White House blowing up and the flashing words “THIS IS NOT A TEST” is frowned upon by the government.

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