THE APPLICATION OF PRODUCT PLACEMENT TECHNOLOGY WITHIN INTERNET MASS MEDIA

This article is devoted to the practical and theoretical aspects of product placement application within modern Internet mass media. Relevance of the research is proven by the fact that today this marketing tool is not regulated by the advertising legislation in the Russian Federation and officially, it is not considered to be advertising, being at the same time a demanded method of goods and services promotion. Due to the lack of legislative regulation, there is no theoretical judgment of product placement application in the online sphere. The article provides the analysis of benefits and shortcomings of promotional materials implementation through the declared technology in Internet mass media. Further prospects of industry development are demonstrated, and up-to-date statistical data on the size of interactive advertising market in the Russian Federation are provided.