Business and Corporate Sponsorship Benefits
Sponsors are listed each month in the Sponsors section of the monthly AETN Program Guide and in the Sponsorship Directory on the AETN Foundation website. Information in the Directory may include location(s), days and hours of operation, and all contact information. Listings in the Directory include a full color underwriter logo (where available) and a direct link to the underwriter's website, when requested.
New underwriters will be announced within the first six months of their contract in a brief notice in the AETN e-newsletter, published twice each month. Sponsor events may also be announced in the e-newsletter, space permitting.
Sponsors will also be informed of various promotional opportunities which may arise during the course of their contract. These may include special events, on-air appearances during membership campaigns, or appearances by AETN and PBS celebrities at sponsor or community events.
AETN maintains an active Speakers Bureau and will arrange for a speaker to visit civic clubs or other appropriate organizations in your area upon request.
AETN will provide monthly affidavits of carriage reports and other information required for co-op arrangements upon request. We will also assist in designing spots and copy to meet co-op requirements.
Discounts (10) are available to non-profit organizations and in the case of community initiatives involving multiple sponsors from the same area. The actual discount will depend upon the length and amount of the underwriting commitment.
Missed spots due to unanticipated pre-emptions or technical failures and fund raising pre-emptions which exceed the norm will be made up at 2 for 1. Make-ups will be added at the completion of the existing contract.
Monthly payment options are available. Sponsor contracts are priced to take into account occasional pre-emptions for on-air fund raising activities and programming. Most prime-time, fringe, and weekend programs will be pre-empted 5-6 weeks per year. Children's programming is customarily not subject to fund raising pre-emptions.