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What is On-Air Promotion

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i)           Orient your classmates and introduce them to your report

ii)          Describe the basic purpose and goals of your domain

iii)         What areas are “in” and what areas are “excluded” from your coverage

iv)         Is your approach different from how others cover this field?

 

 

Thomas Frank states that brands “are special things to Americans, interactive myths that earn our loyalty through endless repetition and constant adjustment.”

 

Publication: Harper's Magazine

Publish date:  July 1, 1999

Author: Frank, Thomas

 

 

So what is on-air promotion?

 

On-air promotion can be many things, and vary from channel to channel.  At its heart, on-air promotion is the main tool for a network to both brand itself and promote its programming line up.  Promotions can take the form of graphical messages over programming, short channel identification pieces, and longer commercial-length spots driving viewers to programming priorities.  The purpose of promotion is to boost awareness for shows, create an intent to view, and increase channel viewership.

 

To foster their brand-image, networks use a combination of promos and design elements to create a unique feel and environment for their viewers.  Color palettes, font choices, animations, and audio elements can all be combined together to give a channel a unique voice and feel with its audience.

 

Strategy and execution can vary from show to show, however, most show promos fall into two categories: (1) show premiere/launches, and (2) promotion between episodes (otherwise known as episodic promotion).  A channel may also use its promotional inventory to support integrating marketing initiatives, public service announcements, cross-channel promotion (with sister channels/networks), and movie studio promotion (many times, networks share parent companies with, or own their own movie studios).

 

Who makes and schedules on-air promo spots?

 

Generally, although it is different from network to network, the On-Air Promotions department(s) consists of a Creative Services team and a Media Planning & Scheduling team, much the same way large ad agencies are organized.  The creative team usually consists of creative directors, several levels of producers, and production managers, who all come together to brainstorm, pitch, shoot, and deliver a channel's inventory of promotional spots and elements.  Working along side the creative team can be a design group responsible for creating the graphic treatments/templates used in promo spots.

 

After spots are made, they need to make their way to air.  This is where a team of media planners and schedulers comes into play.  Using demographic data, Nielsen ratings reports, and a variety of other statistics, media planners choose where and when to schedule promos on a given day's program log.  For large priorities, media plans are created far in advance of the promotional flight so that other departments (i.e. programming and research) can chime in and confirm its effectiveness.

 

Are all promos created equal?

 

 

Show promotion/Media Planning

Premier/Show launches vs. episodic promotion

 

 

 

What is a channel's "brand?"

 

 

Creating a channel feel/environment – On-air design 

Image campaigns/IDs

Can you tell which channel you’re watching without seeing its logo?

Channel/promotional “style guides”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

It's about time.

 

Time is an individual's most precious commodity so how do telelvision networks, in an increasingly crowded media environment,  persuade viewers to spend that time watching their programme or channel?

 

This report examines one of the most important tools at the disposal of television broadcasters - on-air promotion and design. We'll look at the goals and strategy, the art and the science used to drive viewing of both individual shows and networks as well as providing industry information and resources.

 

And next time you turn on the television ask yourself "If I couldn't see the logo would I know which channel I was watching?"

 

 

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