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Published on: 2/17/2007
Last Visited: 3/5/2007
Sitting in at B&C's New York offices were Howard Levy, executive VP for Buena Vista Television ad sales; Bo Argentino, senior VP, advertising and marketing, NBC Universal Television Distribution; and David Barrington, senior VP/general manager, Twentieth Television.
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HOWARD LEVY: I agree with both David and Bo.
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HOWARD LEVY: I don't think the market has been oversold in talk shows.
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LEVY: An advertiser would always, if they had their druthers, prefer to buy something with a track record.
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LEVY: What we've done is try to set ourselves up so that we have a stake in really wherever the advertiser wants to put their money.
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LEVY: They're looking for solutions to their marketing needs.
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LEVY: It's too early to predict these things.
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LEVY: Our biggest advantage to the advertiser is that we're going in program-specific on their account.
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LEVY: It can be a frustration because you know you have something terrific.
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LEVY: Well, [our slogan] this year is "Sometimes the next best thing is the thing you know best."
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LEVY: It blindsided everybody.
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LEVY: I'm interested more in his perspective than my perspective.
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LEVY: This book isn't written yet.
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LEVY: The term "product placement" again implies wallpaper.
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LEVY: How do you measure these things?
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LEVY: It's difficult.
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LEVY: And our commercialization is consistent year after year after year.The networks are adding time, the cable networks are adding time.