[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'228441\' date=\'Oct 13 2009, 07:42 AM\'][quote name=\'tvrandywest\' post=\'228420\' date=\'Oct 13 2009, 12:02 AM\']That synchronicity was the result of the work of prize product-placement companies, sometimes known in the industry as "shlockmeisters", spreading a client's budget across the production companies. You've seen those company names: Promotional Consideration, Inc., PIC-TV, Exposure Unlimited, etc.[/quote]
So am I correct to say that when the daytime game show market "dried up" in the 80s, so did the schlokmeisters? And once the schlockmeisters faded out, generic product placement (as seen on TPIR grocery games) became more prevalent?
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Promotional Consideration, headed by former Hollywood Squares producer Art Alisi and his equally illustriative partner, Dan Fox, is still in business. But the business shifted from game shows. Other companies have not survived. I'm not privy to the specifics about the recent generic product descriptions and fewer paid placements at TPiR.
Randy
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