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Shows from Viacom’s MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon are now available on Apple’s iTunes music store for $1.99 each, including ad-free episodes of MTV’s Beavis & Butthead; Comedy Central’s South Park; and Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer, among others, reports MediaPost (via MarketingVox).
Michele Ganeless, Comedy Central general manager and executive vice president, is quoted as saying, “Our goal is to be everywhere…TV is not the only driver anymore.” Many Viacom network programs are also available on broadband channels, with 15- and 30-second pre-roll ads.
According to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, iTunes has sold more than eight million videos since October.
Though off-air online and experiential advertising grew modestly as a part of the overall radio revenue pie, and election-related political ads increased in Q3, total radio ad revenues were down 9% to $4.97 billion for Q3 and down 10% for…
Publicis has acquired full-service agency W&K Communications, continuing its Asia expansion that began several years ago.
W&K will be pulled under the umbrella of Publicis’s Burnett agency network, and will be renamed Leo Burnett Beijing Advertising, writes Adweek.
Other recent Publicis…
Everyday with Rachael Ray magazine has created :30 spots for two advertisers who have made 3- to 4-page commitments in the magazine, to run on the CBS Outernet network.
The spots will be shown on CBS Outernet’s supermarket TVs, writes Mediaweek. In a…
It’s official: with a full 28 days of data, ABC can claim to be the top network in terms of adults 18-49, its fourth November win in the demo. CBS can also claim a victory, winning in households and total…
Editors at Gawker, Gizmodo and Jezebel blogs are facing the ax. Gawker editor Sheila McClear has been let go, as has an editorial assistant at Jezebel, while Gawker weekend editor Alex Carnevale’s monthly contract was not renewed, writes FishbowlNY.
Gizmodo lost…
Top American non-luxury auto brands received higher ratings and less negative comments from online consumers than competing Japanese brands, according to an analysis of consumer opinions collected from automotive review websites by Biz360, MarketingCharts reports.
The research, which aggregated a year’s…
