PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Dix, Stephen Richard
AU  - Bellman, Steven
AU  - Haddad, Hanadi
AU  - Varan, Duane
TI  - Using Interactive Program-Loyalty Banners to Reduce TV Ad Avoidance
AID  - 10.2501/S0021849910091312
DP  - 2010 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of Advertising Research
PG  - 154--161
VI  - 50
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.journalofadvertisingresearch.com/content/50/2/154.short
4100  - http://www.journalofadvertisingresearch.com/content/50/2/154.full
SO  - J Advert Res2010 Jun 01; 50
AB  - This study used a sample of the general public in Australia to test whether programrelated interactive banners superimposed over commercials during programming breaks would reduce channel changing. Interaction with the banners reduced channel changes during the ad break by almost 40 percent, although interaction did distract viewers from optimally processing the ads. With the potential for advertising avoidance rates being driven up by digital video recorders, however, accepting reduced levels of advertising impact may be a necessary consequence of strategies designed to retain audiences, such as interactive loyalty banners.