Song Contest under suspicion of surreptitious advertising
The NDR is investigating whether there was any surreptitious advertising for the computer company Apple during the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest.
NDR is investigating whether surreptitious advertising was carried out for the computer company Apple at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. This was reported by Der Spiegel and 20 Minuten. Some viewers noticed that a short sequence from the film about the host country Greece resembled Apple's iPod advertisement. Any kind of surreptitious advertising is prohibited at the European Song Contest, and the films between the song and show contributions must also be free of it. The responsible European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has now asked Greek television, which produced the program, for clarification.
