 wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | reply to tmccann11
Re: What crap! said by tmccann11:said by wifi4milez: For arguments sake, they will be customers within 30 days or less. What a waste of our legal systems resources....... And you don't take into account that some businesses may buy a 30 day, 2 week or 1 week block of advertising. They are paying for customers that will never even have a chance of seeing their commercials. You make a good point, however lets look at this objectively. If I called X advertising company today, and placed an order the ads would not start running tomorrow. In fact, the process before the ads would go live will likely take up to 30 days, if not more. Given that it is almost unheard of for any consumer broadband install window to be more than 30 days out, the ads would run concurrent with the stated broadband subscribers being live.
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 sporkmedrop the crantini and move it, sisterPremium,MVM
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| said by wifi4milez: In fact, the process before the ads would go live will likely take up to 30 days, if not more. Where did you get that info? I could call up a TV or radio station today and be running my ads tomorrow... |
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 ieolusSupport The Clecs
join:2001-06-19
Duluth, GA | reply to wifi4milez
Kind of grasping at straws, no? |
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said by wifi4milez:You make a good point, however lets look at this objectively. If I called X advertising company today, and placed an order the ads would not start running tomorrow. In fact, the process before the ads would go live will likely take up to 30 days, if not more. What? If you have a commercial already taped and ready for air, any local cable company or TV station will be glad to take your money and start airing your commercial immediately in their unsold commercial slots. Verizon was probably happy to do this as well. |
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wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | reply to sporkme
said by sporkme:said by wifi4milez: In fact, the process before the ads would go live will likely take up to 30 days, if not more. Where did you get that info? I could call up a TV or radio station today and be running my ads tomorrow... Perhaps on a local station in Bublefork Iowa, yes. Try calling NBC, or even their local affiliate WNBC (here in NYC) and tell them you want to run an ad tomorrow. They will laugh in your face and hang up. What I think a lot of people reading this dont understand is that advertising is bought in advance for a particular time slot. You cant simply call up and say "I want my ad to run tomorrow" as you suggest (the 3am slot doesnt count  ) as someone else has already likely paid for that slot.
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wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | reply to smcallah
said by smcallah:said by wifi4milez:You make a good point, however lets look at this objectively. If I called X advertising company today, and placed an order the ads would not start running tomorrow. In fact, the process before the ads would go live will likely take up to 30 days, if not more. What? If you have a commercial already taped and ready for air, any local cable company or TV station will be glad to take your money and start airing your commercial immediately in their unsold commercial slots. Verizon was probably happy to do this as well. Correct, in their unsold spots. Keep in mind that we are talking about a NYC "television" network here. Most big city networks dont have many prime time slots available for next day running. 99% of the ads my friend placed when at NBC, Telemundo, and even PAX (no I am not kidding!) were for 30 days out. As I said to the other poster, this is NYC not Bumblefork Iowa and it would be close to impossible to get a spot to run tomorrow at a decent time.
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You wouldn't call up your local NBC affiliate, you'd call you whoever deals with running local ads in your area (a.k.a, the advetising dept of your local cable company). |
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wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | said by retrogame:You wouldn't call up your local NBC affiliate, you'd call you whoever deals with running local ads in your area (a.k.a, the advetising dept of your local cable company). That is incorrect. NBC (and in my case WNBC) is a network, not a cable channel. There is a big difference. If you want to advertise on national NBC or the local affiliate, you contact that office directly to buy advertising. History Channel on the other hand is a channel that is played on cable, and in that case you would contact the advertising department of your local cable company.
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| Cable companies have ad spots that they sell, which is what we're talking about, Verizon selling ad spots.
We're not talking about network affiliates.
We're talking about a cable company selling spots to advertisers and not telling the truth about actual number of subscribers. We're not talking about WNBC selling to advertisers which has nothing to do with Verizon or any other cable company. |
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sporkmedrop the crantini and move it, sisterPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-01
Morristown, NJ | reply to wifi4milez
You're confused. Verizon is selling inserts, like the cableco's do.
And you bet your sweet ass WNBC would take your money! |
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