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Advertising
Delivery of a persuasive message about a product, service, or idea to a large group of people at a single time through the use of mass media.

Media Plan or Media Buy Plan
A part of the communications plan that details how various media will be employed. Identifies the specific schedule of paid placements that have been negotiated for an ad or collection of ads, including the times and programs during which television and radio ads will run, the locations and sizes of billboards that will be placed, the publications and placement within those publications in which print ads will run, etc.

Copyright
A legal term referring to protection granted an individual or organization against the use of an original work without expressed consent.

Proof
A copy of an advertisement as it will appear once produced or printed.

Kill Date
The expiration date of advertising materials. Kill dates notify media outlets that an advertisement should not be broadcast or placed after that date.

Talent Agency
Group engaged in the employment and payment of actors, voice performers, and musicians etc. used in advertising.

Saturation Campaign
Variation Margin: Payment made on a daily or intraday basis by a clearing member to the clearing organization based on adverse price movement in positions carried by the clearing member, calculated separately for customer and proprietary positions.

Arbitron
A broadcast rating service for television and radio that uses both a viewer diary method and an electronic recording and tabulating system to measure audience size and characteristics.

Usage Limitations
Restrictions on the placement of a commercial (e.g., PSA use only).

Agent
A representative of talent, petitioning, on their behalf, for work within the filmmaking community. Agents, by law, have the right to both solicit employment and negotiate terms for the artists they represent. Not to be confused with Manager.

 

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Talent is a factor in entertainment
The general term for an artistic contributor to a project, talent usually refers to actors, directors, and writers. In the studio world, atttaching talent, or bringing necessary key artists to a project, is necessary in getting the film made. Agencies usually reserve the term 'talent' for actors and classify talent agents as those who represent thesipians.

 


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Talent Agency

Definition:
Group engaged in the employment and payment of actors, voice performers, and musicians etc. used in advertising.

Rate Card

Definition:
A card issued by an advertising medium listing its rates, requirements, and information needed from the advertiser.

Holding Fees

Definition:
In paid broadcast and cable television advertising, fees paid to retain principal performers in commercials. These are paid in 13-week cycles, regardless of whether the commercials are actually aired. There are no holding fees for radio.

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