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TiVo Causes Increase in Product Placement

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the i-do-what-they-do-on-the-tv dept.

ndansmith writes "Wired has got an article on how TiVo and other 'ad-skipping technologies' have caused an upsurge in product placements on network television shows. The 84% increase in product placements on TV over the last year has drawn protests from both the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild. An example from the article: 'In a recent episode of the NBC series Medium, writers had to work the movie Memoirs of a Geisha into the dialogue three times because of a deal the network made with Sony earlier in the season. They even had the characters go on a date to an early screening of the movie and bump into friends who had just viewed Geisha to tell them how good it was.' Readers may also remember a controversial Cisco Systems product placement on Fox's 24."

11 of 507 comments (clear)

  1. -1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I hate it when some jerk writes "first post"... so I did it instead so "some jerk" doesn't get the chance.

  2. Come on... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    it is "a lot". TWO WORDS. There is no English language word "alot".

  3. Imagine the possibilities by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Damn, the crooks stored their data on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2. We'll never be able to crack it!

  4. Die Tookie, Die ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Tick tock, goes the clock. Time is running out for this filthy nigger. This black monkey subhuman is going downtown. Tookie goes to HELL. It won't be long now.

    Let this be a warning to all niggers. Watch your inferior worthless black ass. Step over then line and it's the needle for you too.

    DIE TOOKIE DIE !

    Yeehaaaa!

    1. Re:Die Tookie, Die ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      nah man, may 10000 niggers take turns raping your ass in hell shooting 10000 loads deep inside your bitchass carcas.. RIP tookie

    2. Re:Die Tookie, Die ! by ReformedExCon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      How empty your life must be to revel in the death of someone you don't even know.

      --
      Jesus saved me from my past. He can save you as well.
    3. Re:Die Tookie, Die ! by Eddy+Da+KillaBee · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      ...said the Anonymous Coward.

    4. Re:Die Tookie, Die ! by msdschris · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      How ironic that millions of Christians do precisely the same thing about a man who died 2000 years ago and hasn't been seen since. Oh wait, that's ok because he commited suicide... for a reason.

  5. Re:And the winner is... by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It's offtopic I think, but I think T*Mobile's ads poking fun of Boost Moble was funny, I think it was Poser Moble.

  6. Zhang Ziyi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Regarding the mentioned Memoirs of a Geisha, the lead actress is Zhang Ziyi, one of the most beautiful women in the world.

    Great pictures of her here (not spam, just a good fansite)

    http://www.helloziyi.us/Galleries/pictures.htm

  7. Re:Good or Bad? by Jonny_eh · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's even harder to place ads in SHOWS THAT ARE CANCELLED!!

    Newsflash, they don't make that "Firefly" TV show anymore.