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CHICAGO Consumers do not need to be informed that product placement in television shows may have been paid for and could constitute an “advertisement,” according to a Federal Trade Commission ruling issued Thursday.
The ruling came in response to a request for investigation filed by watchdog group Commercial Alert. The group asserted product placement blurs the lines between advertising and programming, and such placement could be implicated in diseases such as obesity and diabetes in children.
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