Posts Tagged as ‘football’

February 16, 2010

Man City: Breaking the Big Four with the latest marketing techniques

In English Football there are 4 dominant teams, Man United, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Arsenal, collectively they’re known as ‘The Big 4′. Their dominance on the pitch is reflected in their level of support both in the UK and across the globe. The Premier League is a global phenomenon, millions of people across the world are [...]

May 15, 2009

BBC The Cut: The future of youth TV?

The BBC is to a launch a new series aimed at 12-17 year olds called The Cut. But this is not just another Grange Hill or Byker Grove , this series is embracing the new technologies available to the youth of today, as well as their new attitudes towards entertainment. The show will be aired [...]

February 18, 2009

Spur on your team through Digital Ad boards

During this year’s  Carling Cup Final (English Football) Carling are giving football fans the chance to use their electronic advertising boards to display messages of  support for their team. Fans need to send in their banner suggestions via the carling website, and as long as it’s not offensive it might be displayed during the game. [...]

February 13, 2009

Tic Tacs bring us the missing the goal – Eventually

Remember when ITV decided to run an ad break at the most important part of a football match, consequently missing the only goal of the game? Well one of the brands shown in the ad break has created a clever little viral for anyone who missed the goal. Tic Tac have re-created the goal with [...]

February 5, 2009

Is Advertising Bad for TV? Liverpool split on the verdict

Above is a clip of last nights FA Cup reply between Everton and Liverpool. The game is at 0-0 and there are minutes remaining, the last thing you want is an ad break (especially if one team score!)… ITV had apologised and claimed it was an accident. However, this is not the first time they [...]

November 25, 2008

New Virals: Steven Gerrard Hits a Pigeon and Ronaldo Loses His Top

Not a bad attempt from Adidas here, going for the ‘is it true is it fake’ theme to get people talking. Something Nike have played with in the past with Kobe Bryant jumping over a car, and Ronaldinho hitting a cross bar with serious precision. Obviously these are all fake (sorry to ruin the magic), [...]

November 14, 2008

The Answer?

Source: oleole.com

November 13, 2008

Make a Stadium out of Any Room

Really add to your lounge football watching experience with these flood light lamps. They’re not quite as big as the real thing, or actually as these pictures might suggest these lights would fit quite nicely on any sports fan’s desk, I’m seriously considering a pair. £70 on Firebox