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An ad for A&E ghost-themed series Paranormal State uses technology to transmit an “audio spotlight” from a rooftop speaker in New York’s SoHo directly to the ears of passersby.
Pedestrians on Prince Street might hear a voice asking, directly in their ears, “Who’s there? Who’s there?” a few seconds later, the voice says, “It’s not your imagination,” writes AdAge
The technology, created for museums and libraries and other environments that require quiet, is manufactured by Holosonics, which provides sound in a narrow beam, just like light.
A&E is using other unusual tactics in its $3 million to $5 million campaign to promote Paranormal State. In Los Angeles, a mechanical face emerges from a billboard as people walk by.
In print ads, AM New York flipped its gossip section upside down for Paranormal State, while this week’s Parade included a checkerboard of ads for the series.
The premiere on Monday night pulled 2.5 million total viewers, the most-watched kickoff of an original series for A&E in more than three years, according to Variety.
Comcast is hoping to enlighten media buyers on the ways of young men ages 18-34 with its new “field guide,” titled Hunting with Lightsabers, that has been in the works for a year and is now available.
The guide provides…
One of the few remaining tabloid book review sections in the country’s newspapers bought the farm this weekend.
The Chicago Tribune, which last year moved its stand-alone book review tabloid from Sunday to Saturday, has killed the section altogether, replacing…
A “Money Bus” took off to begin its tour of the country this week. The bus - part of a campaign by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) Consumer Education Foundation, and TD Ameritrade Institutional…
Though prime time viewing on broadcast is down, all four networks are up in viewers for NFL games through the first four weeks of the season, compared to last year.
NFL games are scoring high ratings in part because the…
Most Americans are very concerned about their internet privacy and many are taking steps to limit the information that is being collected and shared about them online, according to a poll from Consumer Reports, MarketingCharts reports.
To combat what they view…
Companies are struggling with how to adapt to serve a new wave of consumers from the Millennial Generation (or Gen Y) - born between 1982 and 2001 - according to a global survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit and Alcatel-Lucent company Genesys, reports Retailer…
