NCIS:LA (shown here in the UK on Sunday) must have had the most blatant product placements this week,
Yeah. I thought that 3 iPhones per person was fairly normal too. I guess that we're not within the potential customer base for this particular campaign.
You are more likely to see someone have Apple brand devices across all their needs than Samsung or some other brand. I'm not saying many have that many devices on their desk, but they are gonna be Apple themed.
Try again, it is the second. You really need to learn to check facts.
Edit: I see JGIGS also noted the error in the "reporting."
all the items so labels could not be seen, I noticed this only at the weekend when a show from 1975 had every can in the shop rotated so the labels couldn't be read.
Have you guys ever thought that there's really no product placement at all? That they're just using devices and services in the show like normal people would?
Have you guys ever thought that there's really no product placement at all? That they're just using devices and services in the show like normal people would?
Wouldn't it be easier to just use a computer or phone that a lot of people are using? Or just using a normal rent-a-car company instead of having to make a new fake one and mock-up the graphics for it etc etc.
You guys are reading wayyyyy too much into this. It's almost like someone walks down Times Square in NY and they see a sign for Coke in the background and then yell "PRODUCT PLACEMENT, OMFG!!!!"
People in the show using different devices from different manufacturers. Not EVERYONE uses an Apple product. Lighten up.
Well, also, since we're on an Apple site, it's probably safe to say we are owners and fans of Apple devices, so we're going to notice whenever other people use the same devices.
I'm sure there are Samsung device owners who go "Ooh, Samsung!" whenever they see those products on TV.
I drive a Subaru, and I notice every time another one drives by me on the road. Whereas if you don't drive a Subaru, you are probably far less likely than I to notice them, and probably more likely to notice whatever brand of car you drive.
No the article is correct. It says House of Cards is the first show to be shown exclusively on Netflix.
Lillehammer aired on Norweign broadcast TV before it was on Netflix.
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There used to be a market here for fake brands that were used just for props. Like that bit in Lost where all the supplies were 'dharma brand'. Funny thing is that Oceanic Air supposedly started as a commonly used fake airline since they couldn't mention the real ones, particularly for international flights
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Nope, it's product placement. Particularly when you can clearly see logos etc.
But that's not the evil. The evil is when they call out the product. That's what is annoying to most folks. Because it is almost always a jarring thing. Calling out a game title when it's two game freaks not so much but dropping the name otherwise typically feels planted.
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That's pretty obvious. Only thing they needed was for him to say 'let me show you on my Microsoft Surface' to really cap it.
It would be like if a show made a point of saying iPhone rather than cell phone or just phone. Annoying.
But in a scene that was say a police officer asking a mugging victim what she lost saying 'my iPhone' isn't so weird.
And the iPhone in the glass of water. Don't forget that placement.
It seems to me that being an independent show on Netflix without any commercials, that the product placement for multiple brands and products is probably paid for, thus it's quite heavy. Off the top of my head here are some examples:
+Obviously the Apple placement (iphones, ipads, macs)
+Sony Vita (quite an obvious placement, "OH is that a PSP Vita? I have one of these, it's great, etc.)
+Call of Duty (or whatever video game it is that he is playing on his nice, big flatscreen, which I didn't even think to look at who made it)
+Blackberry (As mentioned, I'm not that far into the show yet, or I just haven't noticed.)
+Enterprise (He rents a really slick looking car from Enterprise. Once again, it could have been obvious, but I'm not actually studying the show; it's just another placement I had noticed.)
Subliminal advertising is pretty strong in this show. And because it's an internet based show, it doesn't have to follow the same regulations as one on cable.
Have you guys ever thought that there's really no product placement at all? That they're just using devices and services in the show like normal people would?
Oh, how naive you are. Just check the end of the credits of any movie or TV show if it says "Promotional material provided by..." then it's not just a coincidence. It's literally called product placement. 30 Rock's producers (and many NBC , CBS, FOX, and ABC affiliates) are very candid about how Apple picks and chooses what shows to display its Apple logo and what shows to place a piece of tape over it or conceal it.
It's all in the fine print.