How The History Channel Will Use Peel’s New Advertising Technology

By Adam Flomenbaum 

peel1Beginning today, The History Channel will become the first network to use a new advertising technology from Peel – the smart remote app company – that will enable users of Peel’s app to change the channel to a promoted show, DVR the show, or set up a calendar reminder by clicking on an in-app banner.

The potential of this advertising solution is tremendous; networks spend months to promote a new show through traditional and social advertising, but they have never had influence on the viewer as the viewer is deciding on what channel to turn to remote in-hand.

The History Channel will use the solution to promote ‘The World Wars,’ a three-night series about the three decades of fighting that spanned across Europe, Africa, China and the Pacific precipitated by World War I.

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“The History Channel is taking advantage of a truly disruptive technology,” said Thiru Arunachalam, Peel CEO. “We’re giving programming producers exactly what they need – a call to action that tunes viewers in directly to the program.”

As we wrote about recently, Peel’s technology powers the smart remote app preloaded on the latest Samsung, HTC and ZTE Android smartphones and tablets, and the app received a recent update that includes better content recommendations for users.

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