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    Default Wow, magazine to boast first video ad

    Wow, again I say...what next?

    An upcoming issue of Entertainment Weekly's print edition will be embedded with a video player that will run ads for CBS shows and Pepsi.

    The ad comes in a heavy-paper package resembling the kind of novelty greeting cards that make noises.

    A roughly two-inch screen starts playing automatically as the page flips open.

    A speaker is embedded below it. CBS and Time Warner's Entertainment Weekly billed the video advertisement as the first ever to appear in a print magazine.

    CBS says the video player insert, made by a Los Angeles company called Americhip, will be able to withstand the binding processes and mail delivery.

    Ink-on-paper titles have been trying new formats to boost advertising revenue.

    Major newspapers have taken the once-taboo step of offering ads on their front pages, while magazines have tucked ads into cover flaps and even distributed video promotions on DVDs.

    CBS won't say how much it is paying for the spread, but the idea behind these new experiments is generally to charge a premium for advertising that has more potential to catch readers' attention.

    The video inserts will appear in some copies of the autumn TV preview issue mailed to subscribers in New York and Los Angeles.

    In the ad, characters from CBS's "The Big Bang Theory" talk up EW and give a how-to on navigating the different buttons that bring up more clips.

    Last edited by 3ngor; Aug 21, 2009 at 02:15 AM. Reason: video added (for your visual appeal)

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    This looks interesting. With touchable holograms coming as well, it'll be short before we see holo-discs. No more need for books. Maybe just buy the proprietary chips needed to load new info. Maybe unable to share though, as they'll probably build in an erase feature after removal.
    Knowing the solution doesn't mean knowing the method. Yet answering correctly and regurgitation are considered "learning" and "knowledge".

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