{"id":15066,"date":"2015-01-29T06:27:56","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T11:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/?page_id=15066"},"modified":"2023-12-07T10:07:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T15:07:58","slug":"product-placement-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/product-placement-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Product Placement: TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"blogpost\">&#8220;Two cups of McDonald&#8217;s iced coffees sit on the Fox 5 TV news desk&#8221; every morning, according to a story in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegassun.com\/news\/2008\/jul\/21\/eye-opener-pitch\/\">Las Vegas Sun newspaper<\/a>.<b> <\/b>(July 2008)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table id=\"table2\" class=\"vaOuter\" border=\"0\" width=\"245\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\" height=\"20\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"12\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.usatoday.com\/_common\/_images\/clear.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"12\" height=\"1\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<table id=\"table3\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><span class=\"va_main_header\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sectionBullet\" src=\"http:\/\/images.usatoday.com\/_common\/_images\/clear.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" \/>\u00a0THE PRICE OF PLACEMENT<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.usatoday.com\/_common\/_images\/clear.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"15\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"vaText\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Paid television product placements have jumped in the past year (in millions):<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"table4\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td class=\"vaTextBold\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"vaTextBold\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">2004<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"vaTextBold\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">2005<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"vaTextBold\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Pct. chg<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td colspan=\"4\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.usatoday.com\/_common\/_images\/ipr\/grey.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"1\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td class=\"vaText\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Total<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"vaText\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">$552.4<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"vaText\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">$941.2<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"vaText\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">+70.5%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td colspan=\"4\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.usatoday.com\/_common\/_images\/ipr\/grey.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"1\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td class=\"vaText\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Drama<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"vaText\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">$126.7<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"vaText\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">$211.8<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"vaText\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">+67.1%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td colspan=\"4\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.usatoday.com\/_common\/_images\/ipr\/grey.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"1\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td class=\"vaText\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Comedy<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"vaText\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">$ 77.5<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"vaText\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">$136.8<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"vaText\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">+76.4%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td colspan=\"4\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.usatoday.com\/_common\/_images\/ipr\/grey.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"1\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Source: Research firm PQ Media<br \/>\nFrom: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/life\/television\/news\/2006-09-19-product-integration_x.htm\">USA Today<\/a> 9\/19\/06<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2005\/03\/29\/business\/adco.span.jpg\" alt=\"Randy Jackson, left; Paula Abdul; and Simon Cowell use cups from Coca-Cola, an &quot;American Idol&quot; sponsor.\" width=\"495\" height=\"215\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nCoke&#8217;s prominent placement in front of the judges (and cameras\/and audience)<br \/>\nin popular &#8220;American Idol&#8221; television program.<b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/baseballad1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"162\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">The crowd at the baseball game sees a blue (or green) background.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/baseballad2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"161\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">Through TV technology, the director can insert the ads.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/graphics7.nytimes.com\/images\/2004\/10\/21\/business\/21adco.583.gif\" alt=\"The energy drink Red Bull is one of three products to be advertised on some episodes of the animated series &quot;Shorties Watchin' Shorties.&quot;\" width=\"330\" height=\"158\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"right\">\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">Comedy Central<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">The energy drink Red Bull is one of three products to be advertised on some episodes of the animated series &#8220;Shorties Watchin&#8217; Shorties.&#8221;<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">No<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\"> joke. A new cartoon series on Comedy Central will incorporate the names and products of sponsors into the animated action.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">The first episode of the series, an adult cartoon called &#8220;Shorties Watchin&#8217; Shorties,&#8221; is scheduled for Oct.30 on the Comedy Central cable network, which is owned by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/redirect\/marketwatch\/redirect.ctx?MW=http:\/\/custom.marketwatch.com\/custom\/nyt-com\/html-companyprofile.asp&amp;symb=VIA\">Viacom<\/a>. Viewers will see animated product placements, ranging from subtle to blatant, in three of the seven 30-minute episodes, for three advertisers: Domino&#8217;s Pizza, Red Bull energy drink and Vans sneakers.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/graphics7.nytimes.com\/images\/2004\/09\/06\/business\/06nbc.1841.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"210\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">The stars of the NBC show &#8220;American Dreams&#8221; include Tom Verica and Campbell&#8217;s Soup, which was written into the plot as part of a product placement deal. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/amdreams.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Story<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/graphics7.nytimes.com\/images\/2003\/12\/03\/business\/03ADCO.xl.jpg\" alt=\" Under a brand-endorsement deal, products from Sears, Roebuck, including Craftsman tools and Kenmore appliances, will have a prominent role on \" width=\"309\" height=\"123\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Under a brand-endorsement deal, products\u00a0from Sears, Roebuck, including Craftsman<br \/>\ntools and Kenmore appliances, will have a\u00a0prominent role on &#8220;Extreme Makeover:\u00a0Home Edition&#8221; on ABC. (see story in recommended articles)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/friends.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"197\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: xx-small;\">Oreos make a cameo on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Friends<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Image courtesy:<br \/>\nPVI &amp; mediapost&#8217;s media magazine, July 2002<br \/>\nSee <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pvi-inc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Princeton Video<\/b><\/a> for details<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><b>Virtual Product Placement<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">NOTE: The box of Oreos was not on the table when FRIENDS first aired on NBC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was added when the show was made available on DVD and in syndication- thus exposing millions more eyeballs to the product.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"right\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;Two cups of McDonald&rsquo;s iced coffees sit on the Fox&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-product-placement"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36757,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15066\/revisions\/36757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}