ADVERTISE ON Retro TV Guide
Reach viewers who came here on purpose to watch classic movies, cartoons, westerns and noir around the clock. Your message runs as a period-correct guide slate — the same look the cable box had in 1993.
PLACEMENTS
A full-width slate on the home guide, sitting between the channel preview and the listings grid. Every visitor passes it before choosing a channel.
- Image, short video, or text-only slate
- Sponsor name, headline, subhead, and a click-through
- Rotates with other booked sponsors
A bar directly beneath the video on the watch screen. It never covers the picture and never blocks the player controls.
- Seen for the whole viewing session, not just a moment
- Carries a standing ADVERTISEMENT disclosure
- Hidden on very short screens so playback always stays usable
TARGETING
A booking can run site-wide, or buy one tier of the dial — movies, fright night, kids, news, and the rest. Each tier has a public listings page (for example /band/fright-night) so you can see exactly what inventory you are buying. Every campaign also gets a private delivery report with daily impressions, clicks, and click rate.
CREATIVE SPECS
| Formats | Static image (SVG, PNG, JPG), looping muted video (MP4/WebM), or text-only slate |
|---|---|
| Image ratio | Roughly 16:9 — the media panel is cropped to fill, so keep text centered |
| Hosting | We host your file, or you supply an https:// URL |
| Copy | Sponsor name, headline (about 40 characters), optional subhead (about 90) |
| Slate themes | Teal, maroon, amber, or blue — matched to the era's guide palette |
| Rotation | Default 12 seconds per slate; weighting available for larger buys |
| Flighting | Exact start and end dates per campaign |
| Reporting | Daily impressions and clicks per placement |
WHAT WE WILL NOT DO
- No ads layered over the video picture or the player controls
- No pre-roll that stands between a viewer and a stream
- No implying a sponsor is affiliated with a channel or its rights holder
- No pop-ups, no interstitials, no autoplaying audio
- Nothing behind a paywall — the guide stays free to watch
These rules exist because every channel here is an embedded YouTube livestream, and YouTube's embedded player terms require exactly this. It also happens to be the kind of advertising people tolerate.
BOOK A SPOT
Tell us the placement, the flight dates, and what you want the slate to say. A contact address is not published yet.