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NBC Universal, ad agency to create product-centered programs
(AP) -- A newly formed NBC Universal production unit is teaming up with an advertising agency to create programs around sponsors' products, the company said.
NBC Universal Digital Studio will work with a division of Omnicom Group Inc. to create programs that help advertisers sell their products, the entertainment giant announced in a statement Thursday. The programming will be broadcast on NBC Universal's digital properties, such as Web sites.
"We are proactively working with our clients, the advertisers, to deliver compelling content to our audiences, wherever they are," NBC entertainment chief Ben Silverman said in the statement.
Digital Studio's first productions, which will premiere this summer, are a science-fiction series starring Rosario Dawson called "Gemini Division" and a quirky comedy about a college-aged zombie called "Woke Up Dead," said NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric Co.
Intel Corp., Cisco Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are among the first brands involved with the development of "Gemini Division," the statement said.
The collaboration between NBC and Omnicom offers "a unique way of giving brands a seat at the table with writers and producers in developing episodic programming that ties directly to brand needs," Omnicom Media Group Digital chief executive Matt Spiegel said.
NBC Universal spokesman Joe Libonati did not immediately return a phone message seeking additional details early Friday.
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We have all seen it, we all cringed at it. Now they are aren't even going to hide it: product placement. NBC is making programs that are entirely designed to be product placement.
To move this into a new, unexpected direction, let's talk about downloading. If you think about it, a big concern with people pirating media from the tele is that all the commercials are gone and the thing that was bringing you the show isn't even displayed. Now the sponser clearly has their product in the show... so why even have commercials? Wouldn't this be a great thing to distribute online?
There are all ready some media that have teamed up with torrents: Lamont, Next Great Canadian Prime Minister. Now with product placement in the show, what would really stop NBC from distributing it via torrents?