It adds marketing options. One advertiser may only want to have a dated product placement with a short shelf life and you can now sell that cheaper, knowing you can sell something completely different on the reruns or the DVD. - Tom John Willkie wrote: > Updated? On what planet? > > The REASON that ADVERTISERS participate in PRODUCT PLACEMENTS is simple: > pay once, the "commercial" runs each time the show is shown, and the message > is part of the environment. It sure worked for "Reese's Pieces" (E.T.) > because Mars didn't want to pay to advertise M&Ms. > > So, to what advantage would you offer "placers" these short term placements? > It's like a commercial, but more expensive? > > John Willkie > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Manfredi, Albert E > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 7:12 AM > To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [opendtv] Re: Twang's Tuesday Tribune (Mark's Monday Memo) > > > >>Oh please. People have been crowing about MPEG4 object layers >>for what, >>almost 6 years. I have yet to see anything widespread >>materialize that >>is anything but a glorified one-off show-floor demo. > > > Perhaps true, but I think Tom had an interesting concept there. > I've been wondering how ad placements in the program can be > updated when the program is rerun. If the embedded ads are to > function as revenue makers, they need to be updatable, right? > This would be a way of making the ads useful for more than just > the first airing of the content. Better targetting of ads is > an added bonus. > > Bert > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.