I have noticed that the on-demand ads (within programs that have them) for Verizon in my area (Washington, D.C.) are often repeated within the same program. Sometimes the ads are for programs, and typically its for the same network that puts out the show I'm watching. Sometimes it's for products.
It's always struck me as similar in ad distribution to watching online via Hulu or the network website. Then there are programs that aren't tailoring their ads for the on-demand or online markets. As for political ads, I do remember seeing some in 2010 when watching TDS/TCR online. They were specific to California. I haven't seen any this year, but I don't know if that's due to rulings or a perceived ineffectiveness of ads in the online video space. David >________________________________ > From: PGage <pga...@gmail.com> >To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com >Sent: Sunday, September 2, 2012 10:24 PM >Subject: [TV orNotTV] Surprisingly Effective Advertising > > >Steve Harvey has a day time talk show that is starting soon (I think this >week). > >I know that is not news - what is news is that I know this. I didn't know >until it was mentioned during the coming out story that Anderson Cooper had a >daytime talk show, I have to keep getting reminded that Oprah and Regis no >longer do, and aside from Ellen I could not name any other talk show host in >the day time (well, I know that Whoopie and Barbra Walters have a show with >three other horrible women, and there are two or three clones with I have no >idea who, and I remember a couple of years ago I accidentally watched like 15 >minutes of what may have been the single worst talk show in the history of the >tube, with the wife of George Stephonopolis). > >The reason I know about the Harvey show is not that I am planning on watching >it (I am certain that I will not). The reason I know is that they have been >pimping it relentlessly during the On Demand menu on Comcast. When I first >switched to cable last year I was very irritated with this constant gabbing >while I navigated to whatever I was looking for (which can take a while >sometimes); now I still don't like it, but I have come to terms with it, >though I have learned to at times mute the sound. But this seems to have been >an effective mode of advertising, getting messages through to me that I work >pretty hard to block. > >Can we expect to start seeing use of this avenue to advertise consumer >products, and maybe political candidates, in the future, or is there some rule >that would prevent that? > > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
