Comments on: As Seen on TV

By: mr skin

mr skin — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 04:38:26 +0000

If you ever get a chance to, listen to the old audio recording of the original War of the Worlds. It’s pretty good, and people throught it was really happening when they heard it on the radio.

By: mr skin

mr skin — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:34:27 +0000

I really liked Minority Report and the futuristic ideas it had. Are there any plans to make a sequel?

By: cash

cash — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:30:50 +0000

Unbelieveable, and yet you know it’s coming.

It reminds me of the scene with Tom Cruise in Minority Report where that hologram pops up asking how he’s enjoying the Gap jeans he just brought.

By: J

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:47:33 +0000

Comcast reintroduced on-screen clickable ads to their digital cable guide in my area today. I already sent a complaint via their website. Those fuckfaces. I was so happy when they got rid of that shit and now its back.

The other thing I wanted to point out is there is a growing market for dynamic ad placement in video games. I wonder how long until specific products are featured in a new 360 game and then through Xbox Live you can purchase the item and have it shipped to your house. Maybe you are playing Tiger Woods golf and decide you need a real set of Nike irons. Crazy.

What will be even more whacked out is when Google writes some kind of “federated advertising information sharing protocol” and they start sending your interests (which they have calculated based on searches) to the companies dynamically placing the ads in your TV shows, video games, cell phone, etc…

Sorry for the crazy tangent comment….

By: J

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:54:40 +0000

I can’t believe Cisco IP phones do not show up in the search on that site… they have been featured in countless TV shows and movies. Specifically West Wing, Entourage, 24, Ocean’s 11 and many many many more. They have a lock on the “cool looking phone” market for TV shows and movies.

By: greg cerveny

greg cerveny — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:26:01 +0000

Good call Cash. Actually SeenOn is product of Delivery Agent, who provides networks the ability to shop products from their shows. Guess what else they’re working on? DVR integration.

By: cash

cash — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:45:00 +0000

I think this site will become even more interesting and culturally significant as DVR’s proliferate.

Once ‘traditional’ advertising is replaced almost entirely with product placement, monitoring these occurances will probably prove a lucrative activity for someone smart enough to capitalize on it.

In the meantime though, still pretty kewl.