Will Ads Follow Content on Video iPod?

Speculation continues: Will ads come on to big-media content for the new video iPod? For now, ABC, which is providing TV show downloads for it at $1.99 an episode, says that won’t be the case.

But skeptics don’t believe it. “TiVo and satellite radio were not ad-supported but they are loosening their guidelines to accept ads,” said Brad Adgate, research director at Horizon Media. “It really depends on the finances of Apple.”

Jason Maltby, co-president of media buyer Mindshare said: “One could argue that if I’m a sponsor of ‘Desperate Housewives’, my commercial should be wherever ‘Desperate Housewives’ goes, whether it’s on the phone or an iPod.”

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