Comments on: Mini-Post: Ooh! Congress Addressing Product Placement. Drop a Quick E to the FCC! http://outside-the-toybox.com/mini-post-ooh-congress-addressing-product-placement/2007/09/28/ Anyone else find childhood a little stifling these days? Fri, 18 May 2012 05:13:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: outside the (toy) box » Another Entry in the Parenting Hall of Fame, More Proof that the FCC is Ridiculous, and Hey, Gift Recipients http://outside-the-toybox.com/mini-post-ooh-congress-addressing-product-placement/2007/09/28/#comment-152 outside the (toy) box » Another Entry in the Parenting Hall of Fame, More Proof that the FCC is Ridiculous, and Hey, Gift Recipients Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:27:10 +0000 http://outside-the-toybox.com/mini-post-ooh-congress-addressing-product-placement/2007/09/28/#comment-152 [...] another matter, you may recall that I contacted the FCC to urge them to heed the congressional report/concerns related to product placement in [...] [...] another matter, you may recall that I contacted the FCC to urge them to heed the congressional report/concerns related to product placement in [...]

]]> By: The Not Quite Crunchy Parent http://outside-the-toybox.com/mini-post-ooh-congress-addressing-product-placement/2007/09/28/#comment-56 The Not Quite Crunchy Parent Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:53:46 +0000 http://outside-the-toybox.com/mini-post-ooh-congress-addressing-product-placement/2007/09/28/#comment-56 Movie makers discovered after the success of Star Wars, that there was a lot more money to be made from licensing than there was from a single movie. Toy makers discovered that toy sales increased if there was an entertainment property attached...and so here we are in 2007 with the two industries happily married... product placement and advertising are only the tip of the iceberg of the issue. Movie makers discovered after the success of Star Wars, that there was a lot more money to be made from licensing than there was from a single movie. Toy makers discovered that toy sales increased if there was an entertainment property attached…and so here we are in 2007 with the two industries happily married… product placement and advertising are only the tip of the iceberg of the issue.

]]> By: Anonymous http://outside-the-toybox.com/mini-post-ooh-congress-addressing-product-placement/2007/09/28/#comment-48 Anonymous Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:27:28 +0000 http://outside-the-toybox.com/mini-post-ooh-congress-addressing-product-placement/2007/09/28/#comment-48 Many children shows are no more than just commercials for products in the first place anyways. For example, the animation "Chaotic" exists as an anchor for all its periphary products. The products aren't created because the show was proven successful or popular, the show was created because it gives the additional products the base it needs (for investors I guess). I wonder if that's worse than product placement? Many children shows are no more than just commercials for products in the first place anyways. For example, the animation “Chaotic” exists as an anchor for all its periphary products. The products aren’t created because the show was proven successful or popular, the show was created because it gives the additional products the base it needs (for investors I guess).

I wonder if that’s worse than product placement?

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