DVR Fast-forwarding May Not Be Fatal To TV Advertising

Monday, November 3, 2008 - 11:35 in Mathematics & Economics

With the advent of digital video recorders and products like TiVo, viewers can fast-forward past commercials while playing back their favorite shows. Researchers found that viewers can retain valuable brand information even from an ad glimpsed for a fraction of its actual length. However, they also found that ads with brand information located on the periphery of the TV screen are of virtually no value.

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