On 28 February, ITV made news with Britain’s first ever paid for product placement. Nestle paid £100,000 to place their Dolce Gusto coffee machine in the background of the Chef’s kitchen featured on the This Morning show.
According to NMG research, ITV’s paid placement was the top performing brand in terms of on-air secondage in May 2011.
NMG’s Tracker tool examined the Top 20 brands appearing on TV during the month (including unpaid placements). NMG said: “If you watched 80 hours of popular TV during May these are the brands, in on-screen secondage that you would have seen”…
Michael Cluff said: “We have been working alongside NMG to understand this new data. It’s interesting that the top performing brand in terms of on-air secondage was ITV’s first paid placement. The other 19 on the list were all delivered as conventional, unpaid prop placement.
“It’s clearly early days under the new regulations that came into force earlier this year. But there’s clearly a real opportunity for advertisers to get far more strategic in the way they plan their placement activity. There’s plenty of good programming out there that can deliver the right audiences, and fit perfectly with a brand’s distinct brand personality.”
Note: Data from programmes broadcast from 23 April to 23 May 2011