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[GMA forever]

Well they can boycott it and we can boycott them.

I think OTV is still in the negotiating period, and if it gets to a wall, they should release a list of those companies which are boycotting it, so we in our turn boycott them.

[Mich©]

The first thing that should be done is to break the STAT IPSOS monopoly and to show the accurate and real figures. Upon that, decisions will be made.
In this day and age, there are no more TV based statistics, there are program based stats and these should show well in a fair and unbiased statistics company.

[Carrera]

Originally Posted by X

You can't force people to advertise on OTV, but what you can do is publicly declare the names of those products who are boycotting OTV,

For example, if there is a cheese brand called "Red Cheese" and they are boycotting OTV for political reasons, people should know about it so they boycott the product in return. Once the owners of "Red Cheese" realize that their product is being boycotted because they boycotted OTV for political reasons, they will come and advertise on OTV.

What we need is the names of those products who are boycotting OTV.

Well X ill give you some people who, till now are refusing to talk with OTV. For example Saatchi & Saatchi (Elie Khoury). These guys are refusing to talk with otv, they dont give them meetings, they dont answer their calls.

Unfortunately MTC are their clients. OTV people met with MTC and MTC are ready to advertize on OTV, but they have to pass thru Saatchi since they are their media booker. Saatchi are unreachable since they love life their way, not via OTVs way.

And the list goes one, for example Johny Walker! This guy is a monopolized by Choueiry group. He refuses to even talk to OTV people on the phone !

[SeekNirvana]

How would you know the reason behind not advertising on OTV is political boycott?

[Mich©]

Originally Posted by X

You can't force people to advertise on OTV, but what you can do is publicly declare the names of those products who are boycotting OTV,

For example, if there is a cheese brand called "Red Cheese" and they are boycotting OTV for political reasons, people should know about it so they boycott the product in return. Once the owners of "Red Cheese" realize that their product is being boycotted because they boycotted OTV for political reasons, they will come and advertise on OTV.

What we need is the names of those products who are boycotting OTV.

Actually X you can force them if OTV ratings are shown to be high. With STAT this will never happen.
Unfortunately, as much as I hate LBC, I am forced to advertise with them bcs their ratings are by far the highest!
Ratings talk!

[admiral]

Originally Posted by Carrera

OTV wants our help, trust me on this. Advertsiers are boycotting the sales team of OTV

Believe me , i understand what you are saying .
What i meant in my previous post is that OTV should have known in advance that they are going to be boycotted , especially that NTV , Manar , NBN , which are also opposition TVs , have the same problem since many years now with many advertisment groups that are owned by the loyalists!!

[Carrera]

Originally Posted by Zouxi

carrera, thank you for your valuable thread and welcome to the forum. You are talking about agencies boycotting OTV for its political affiliation, does the same apply for Manar/NBN and NTV??? and are all the marketing companies owned by 14 march groups??

I already mentionned it. They are boycotting OTV for 2 reasons:

1- Some of them for political reasons
2- Others because they are monopolized by choueiry

[Zouxi]

let's boycott jhonnie walker as of now, i won't taste black label anymore , let's taste dewars 12 years

[Mich©]

Originally Posted by Carrera

Well X ill give you some people who, till now are refusing to talk with OTV. For example Saatchi & Saatchi (Elie Khoury). These guys are refusing to talk with otv, they dont give them meetings, they dont answer their calls.

Unfortunately MTC are their clients. OTV people met with MTC and MTC are ready to advertize on OTV, but they have to pass thru Saatchi since they are their media booker. Saatchi are unreachable since they love life their way, not via OTVs way.

And the list goes one, for example Johny Walker! This guy is a monopolized by Choueiry group. He refuses to even talk to OTV people on the phone !

What about Vincenti Group who is a personal friend of Rony Jazzar and exclusive to LBC only?
And others and others. But when we boycott, we need to stick to one decision and go with it.

[Carrera]

Originally Posted by SeekNirvana

How would you know the reason behind not advertising on OTV is political boycott?

This is the number of Saatchi and saatchi (01-204060). Try to take a meeting for OTV.