Video from March 16, 2009. Another Channel One “Shout Out.” This time it is Rainn Wilson pitching his animated movie Monsters vs. Aliens. These “Shout Out” spots are not billed as advertisements and so they can be confusing to some schoolchildren. Confusion is what Channel One is aiming for. They pride themselves...
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Just want to give a little “shout out.”
Are cigarette ads coming soon to Channel One News?
From Jim Metrock: Got your attention? As far as I know Channel One News is not considering advertising cigarettes. For that matter I have no information leading me to believe the company will start advertising automatic firearms, beer, abortion clinics, state lotteries, x-rated movies, or “head shops.” The reason I posted this headline is...
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Channel One News brings back Coke ads.
When Channel One News advertises a movie, they throw everything at young people and hope something will stick. As we have seen they will invite the actors from the movie to be “special guests” on the classroom TV show. Of course, regular movie commercials (“trailers”) will air on Channel One News and Channel One’s...
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Not Again. You Again.
It’s Wednesday, September 22, 2010 and Channel One News is cheating schools again. We would say they are sneaking in more advertising content over the two-minute contractual limit, but there is no “sneaking” to it. This is just a blatant ad for a movie, but Channel One News refuses to acknowledge it as an...
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Add three zeros.
Form 10-Q for ALLOY INC 9-Sep-2010 Quarterly Report Media Media segment revenue in the second quarter of fiscal 2010 was $14,993, an increase of $225, or 1.5%, from revenue of $14,768 in the second quarter of fiscal 2009. The increase was primarily due to increases in our Digital, Alloy Education and Display Board businesses...
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From the archives: The Video
This is a tape that Channel One News accidentally gave me in 1997. They thought I was a potential advertiser. They never wanted the public to see this outrageous video because it undermines their claims that the in-school TV show is about news and not about commercials. Channel One News has always been in...
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Channelone.com’s hyper-commercialism.
This is just a small section of a page from Channelone.com’s site. Above “Channel One News” There is a Staples banner ad. To the right of logo is another ad for Staples. Below is one of Christa Fletcher’s phony “news story” about a British band named Deluka which is nothing but a...
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Presented by…
Dec. 2009 Each year, right before the Christmas holidays, Channel One News saturates its shows with commercials for video games. Along with regular 30-second commercials for games, they allow games to “sponsor” a feature of the show.
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Last year: Star Trek Day on Channel One
Video from May 4, 2009 program. Actor Chris Pine introduces the show, then later he does a “Shout Out” and later still he gives the Pop Quiz. (Did he just mention his movie?) This actor appears on Channel One News to promote his new film Star Trek that will be in theaters...
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Cell phone vices.
Last year, this commercial ran on Channel One News both in high schools and middle schools. What’s the man looking at that makes him laugh? Since the commercial is all about cell phone vices is he looking at an indecent picture? He tells kids that any cell phone can cause people to develop certain...
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