Maine Broadcast Television, Print Advertising

EBay Ad-Sales Plan Gets Breath of Air From Oxygen

November 3rd, 2009 by Mike

The companies behind a controversial new online exchange for buying ad time on television are moving ahead with their plan to test the system, over the objections of many TV networks, which argue that it could erode prices. The Online Media Exchange system, which was created last fall by eBay and a group of about 10 high-profile advertisers, including Home Depot, HewlettPackard and Microsoft, uses an online auction site for buying TV ad time.

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I moved to Maine when I was 16 years old. I got my start as a feeder operator on a press. After a side step into the dying art of letterpress printing (which I quite enjoyed), I moved into film-based prepress. Building on that experience I then jumped head-first into digital prepress. I came on board at Spire Express in 2000, staying quite busy for some time doing imagesetting. Now here I am on the other side of yet another transition (away from silver-based imaging), working to stay on my toes with new technologies and media. When I'm not working, I enjoy playing the fiddle and banjo. Portland is a great town in which to work and play music.

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