MeTV FTC commerical

[EmergencyIan]

Surprising as it may be, I watched "Emergency!" on MeTV this afternoon. Well, "Mama's Family" came on after that and while I was on the phone, I looked up to see a commercial/advertisement, by MeTV, for FTC figures. What I caught of it showed Gilligan's Island, Batman '66 and WGSH figures.


- Ian

[Brown Bear]

I need to see this. Hope someone can find a link.

[Gumby01]

Not sure this is the one (second video on the panel...)

http://www.metv.com/videos/

[EmergencyIan]

Here it is:

- Ian

[sprytel]

I love it. It seems like a brilliant marketing move.

[warlock664]

Thanks for posting the clip; nothing could make me sit through "Mama's Family"!

[EmergencyIan]

Thanks for posting the clip; nothing could make me sit through "Mama's Family"!

Welcome!

Believe me, if I hadn't been on the phone, at the time, I wouldn't have seen the commercial because I would have long since changed channels.

- Ian

[jwyblejr]

Saw it tonight during Hogan's Heroes.

[scott metzger]

A national venue that is selling FTC's product; that's not bad. MeTV plays on digital around here, as well. And the channel targets the exact audience FTC is looking for, so I imagine there will be at least some interest in the product. Be interesting to find out if FTC approached Me about selling the figures, or if Me approached them.

[MIB41]

It's so nice to finally see a commercial for retro figures. I hope it builds a new market.

[wise guy]

Me tv is a local channel here in Fresno didn't know it was broadcast nationally. Nice to see FTC products advertised

[hedrap]

It's based in Chicago but is nationally distributed by MGM through local market multicasting for NBC/CBS/ABC/FOX/PBS and digital tuner airwaves thanks to the FCC conversion from a few years ago. One of your local channels just bought the MGM license and opted to use MeTV to provide it's schedule.

[HardyGirl]

Cool! All that's missing are kids w/ bowl cuts playing w/ them!

[MRP]

Here's the link to the national MeTV page (our local affiliate has this link on their Facebook page)

http://www.metv.com/

there's a search function on the page where you can enter your zip code and find local carriers of MeTV programming near you. You can also get their full schedule there, access their shop, and sign up for a newsletter that provides programming updates. It also has a music function to hear music contemporary with some of the shows they carry.

If you know your local carrier, they probably also have a page with more relevant info to your market. The MeTV affiliate in Dayton is tied to WHIO, one of the oldest channels in the state and also provided Ohio specific nostalgia programming as well as the MeTV slate of shows for instance.

-M

[TheNewGiJoeWithKungFuGrip]

Nice to see Mego type figures in a TV Commercial again.