Demos

Old at being young
Young at being old
Everything’s on hold within our evolution

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When I first started selling TV in 1978, there was a big push to get agencies to buy on demo ratings instead of just household impressions.  Over time, the notion of buying on audience segments became more accepted and today it seems as if I hear more about the 18-49 numbers than I do about households.  Except that there’s one problem. Continue reading →

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The Kid on the Bike

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I know I usually write about food on Fridays, but I think I”ll wait on my food post until next week. Instead, I want to give you a couple of things that this press statement brought to mind: Continue reading →

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Bandwidth Caps

A DSL Modem
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I received a call the other day from AT&T.  They want me to drop my cable Internet service and switch to their DSL service.  “Twice the speed,” they say, “and bundled with your existing phone service it’s almost free.”  Naturally, I had a few questions, one of which was about bandwidth caps. Continue reading →

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