Charter to Drop Ad Challenged by DirecTV; AT&T Ad Given OK
Charter Communications will drop a commercial challenged by DirecTV that seems to indicate the DBS operator has no sports channels or programming, the National Advertising Division said Tuesday. However, NAD said there was sufficient evidence to back another challenged Charter…
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commercial about $99 charges for technicians sent to homes to resolve DirecTV service issues. Charter didn't comment. The Better Business Bureau's NAD separately said Wednesday that a Comcast-challenged AT&T ad for DirecTV didn't convey misleading disparaging messages "that cable service providers and their customers are associated with the occult."