Sponsors in Invictus

On this day 15 years ago one truly memorable event began – the 1995 Rugby World Cup that was held in South Africa. This event was memorable for many reasons – it…

As seen on Evil Wil Wheaton

The 18th and 19th episode of the TV series The Big Bang Theory had included some interesting examples of product placement. I have to admit that some of them weren't so efficient/controversial…

London Fog in Mad Men

Lane: London Fog… How ludicrous. Don: Really? I have one. Bert: So do I. Lane: No, of course… It’s just the name. There is no fog in London. There is no London…

Carrera is on a product placement mission

After Lady Gaga’s Telephone (reviewed here) and Rihanna’s Rude Boy (reviewed here) we can now see Christina Aguilera‘s attempt to shock, provoke, satisfy … her fans. Her new video for the song…

HP in Sex and the City 2

A few weeks ago I wrote about Skyy vodka again being the official vodka of the movie Sex and the City 2. It’s now less than a month until the world premiere…

Product placement highlights – Suntory times

Lost in Translation is a 2003 American film starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson and directed by Sofia Coppola. The film centers on a unique relationship between aging movie star Bob Harris…

Rude Girl

Couple of weeks ago I wrote about new Lady Gaga’s video Telephone and several examples of product placement. This time it’s Rihanna‘s turn. In the recent NME interview the popular R’n’B singer…

Product placement highlights – Royale with Cheese

Sixteen years ago Quentin Tarantino gave us one of the best movies of the 1990s – Pulp Fiction. It was fresh, clever, funny, and full of surprises and bizarre dialogues. It includes…

Absolutely brilliant

Anne: »What do you dream about?« Sheldon: »What do you mean? We can’t dream.« Anne: »Of course you can. You just make it up.« At the 2010 Sundance Film Festival filmmaker Spike…

Slovenia’s got product placement

On March 21st Slovenian TV station Pop TV started broadcasting the show Slovenia’s got talent. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians and other performers of all ages…

iPad’s product placement – a conspiracy?

A few days ago Apple’s iPad played a major role in ABC’s TV series Modern Family. You can read my analysis of this clever product placement here. We all thought that there…

Hotels, bars and product placement

“I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel you were talking so brave and so sweet giving me head on the unmade bed while the limousines wait in the street.” In 1974…