Comments on: So Just Shill… to the Next Episode http://gigaom.com/video/so-just-shill-to-the-next-episode/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:48:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Blogwatcher http://gigaom.com/video/so-just-shill-to-the-next-episode/#comment-451625 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:38:44 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/09/so-just-shill-to-the-next-episode/#comment-451625 The difference between that show and a real commercial?

Real commercials have better acting. :p

]]> By: Brian Andrews http://gigaom.com/video/so-just-shill-to-the-next-episode/#comment-451624 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:08:12 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/09/so-just-shill-to-the-next-episode/#comment-451624 Believe it or not, I don’t have much of a problem with this…it seems that all online video is going to end up with ads so why not make the ads entertaining (or at least try to…)

This is no different than Ford’s American Idol “music videos” that they’ve done for a few years.

Instead of bashing Ford/Myspace we should be commending them for forward thinking.

]]> By: milowet http://gigaom.com/video/so-just-shill-to-the-next-episode/#comment-451623 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:49:35 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/09/so-just-shill-to-the-next-episode/#comment-451623 chris – hilarious yet astute observations here. cheers, milo

p.s. and if the video had had extra scenes, they probably would have included bikinis!

]]> By: zoso http://gigaom.com/video/so-just-shill-to-the-next-episode/#comment-451622 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:31:41 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/09/so-just-shill-to-the-next-episode/#comment-451622 i feel bad just watching it.

]]> By: Brian Hogg http://gigaom.com/video/so-just-shill-to-the-next-episode/#comment-451621 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:15:33 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/09/so-just-shill-to-the-next-episode/#comment-451621 The greater offense, to my thinking, is how bad the show itself is.

That said, I totally second Mr. Street’s excellent comments. If the episode had had two extra scenes, if it hadn’t been just a product placement, it would’ve seemed less egregious.

]]> By: Tim Street http://gigaom.com/video/so-just-shill-to-the-next-episode/#comment-451620 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:55:08 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/09/so-just-shill-to-the-next-episode/#comment-451620 Hey, you gotta start somewhere.

There aren’t a lot of people doing integrated advertising in online video yet and it’s going to take some time for people to figure out how to do it right without taking viewers out of the story.

The real tough part will be convincing the advertiser that you need to have conflict in the scene in order to build interest. The marketers that I’ve come across want everything to be “great” just like it is in the above video.

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