Top 10 US shows for product placements in 2011

"Top 10 Primetime Programs with Product Placement Activity
Rank , Program, Network, Total Number of Occurrences
1 American Idol FOX 577
2 The Biggest Loser NBC 533
3 The Celebrity Apprentice NBC 391
4 Dancing with the Stars ABC 390
5 The X Factor FOX 312
6 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition ABC 224
7 America’s Got Talent NBC 220
8 Friday Night Lights NBC 201
9 America’s Next Top Model CW 178
10 The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business CBS 161
Source: Nielsen
Data from January 1 – November 30, 2011. Primetime entertainment programming on five Broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, CW, FOX, and NBC). First-run episodes only. As a result of coding enhancements implemented in 2009, occurrence counts now reflect the total number of show segments in which a brand/product appears or is mentioned."
Source:  Data from Nielsen, reported in NielsenWire, 20th December 2011

adidas was the most mentioned World Cup sponsor in blog posts relating to the tournament

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"Which sponsor benefited the most from its involvement with the World Cup?
To get a handle who prevailed within the blogging landscape, we used MAP (our flagship analytics service) to compare activity between FIFA’s sponsorship “partners” – Sony, Visa, Hyundai, Kia, Emirates, Coca-Cola and Adidas.
Using the query “company name” AND “World Cup”, the winner by a wide margin was Adidas, which captured 42.2% of total blog activity. Sony was second with 20.2%, while Coca-Cola was third with 12.2%."
Source:   Sysomos blog, 13th July 2010