TV ads still generate most complaints of any medium: ASC report

TORONTO - Retail advertising continued to generate the most complaints from Canadian consumers in 2014, closely followed by the leisure services category, says the Advertising Standards Canada (ASC). In its annual Ad Complaints Report, the ASC said that it received 130 complaints about the retail advertising category, followed by 101 for leisure services (travel and accommodation services, entertainment services, and bars and restaurants), and 85 for non-commercial, a category that includes advertising by governments, charities, advocacy groups, and other not-for-profit organizations. Telecommunications ranked seventh out of the ten categories, with 45 complaints. More than half (54%) of complaints submitted were about allegedly...