Hawaii 5-0 Subway Product Placement

Ewhwlen · 2M views · 2012-01-18 · 0:50

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Overview

A one-minute clip of an episode of Hawaii Five-0 featuring a blatant Subway product placement.

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Used as an example of intrusive product placement in TV shows, in threads complaining about advertising.

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Arts & entertainment (other)Film & TV clips

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lotsofpulp · 2023-10 · Criticism
>not yet within shows but give it time! It has long been within US shows, even before streaming, but it has gotten more and more egregious. [VIDEO]
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lotsofpulp · 2018-08 · Criticism
Some examples of intrusive product placement: [VIDEO] [LINK] [LINK] Especially bad when they make a character say or do something that doesn’t fit with their persona to shoehorn mention of a brand. Maybe it’s me getting older, but I can’t help but notice product placement, speeding up of shows, Netflix doing the opposite by stretching out shows with useless filler scenes, story arcs introducing unnecessary and tacked on side plots to increase # of seasons, extra sexual and gore content to shock. It really ruins watching media for me. The last one I really liked was Breaking Bad I think.
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thinkloop · 2018-08 · Criticism
> [VIDEO] Wow, that's really pushing the definition of product "placement". That needs another term like "in-show commercial".
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