- Product Placement — It Works for Small Businesses Too
Product placements in film and television are not just for the big guys. Find out how to put your name in front of a large audience.
- How Much Is Product Placement Worth?
In late October, Peter Gardiner, the media chief of Madison Avenue's Deutsch agency, found himself gambling millions of a Bank America ad budget on an unusual TV deal. The project—a 17-day-long product- placement and ad package involving four TV networks—NBC, Telemundo, MSNBC and CNBC—and NBC's affiliated stations. Top 5 Product-placement ......
- Unnecessary Force
Being hostile and deceptive is no way to treat a consumer ......
- The New Script for Product Placement
From American Idol judges sipping from Coca-Cola cups to the Swiffer Sweeper cleaning up on Trading Spaces , product placement in reality shows is commonplace now. The next frontier: Product placement is seeping into scripted shows, where products are woven in during series development. Survivor creator Mark Burnett, an early ......
- Hot Spots
New Campaigns Big Lots , a closeout retail chain with 1,300-plus outlets, last week broke its first national TV campaign, starring sitcom actor Jerry Van Dyke . Besides its four general-market TV spots, Big Lots will run one in Spanish via Univision, Telemundo and Telefutura, according to Big Lots EVP ......
- Marketers Put Their Brand on Programs
Product placement and branded entertainment are increasingly becoming de rigueur in the Hispanic television market. “It is getting to the point where every call and presentation I make to every one of the advertisers out there, they want to talk about how we can integrate their product into our programming,” ......
- Court Serves Sponsor 'Solution'...
Court TV's Saturday-night lineup — about to become more thematic — will also serve as a showcase for integrated product placement. The channel on Sept. 6 will unveil "Saturday Night Solution" — a haven for first-run and repeat episodes of such original series as Forensic Files , I Detective and ......