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Strawberry Shortcake's Broadcast Code For Advertising To Children

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1. The regulations in 1974 prohibited program-length commercials by mandating distinct separations between television shows and commercials and also restricted advertising time to nine and a half minutes per hour on weekends and 12 minutes on weekdays.
2. In contrast to the USA, Canada imposed tighter rules against advertisement to children. Quebec imposed more regulation on advertisement to children under the age of 12. The CAB proposed to make another lobby group called Broadcast Code for Advertising to Children, governed by ASC.
3. The shortcake strategy was to weave around the tight rules to continue imposing capitalism onto children. Strawberry Shortcake was given a bundle of friends that could be purchased, and My Little Pony has a near …show more content…

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