The BBC’s Brilliant New World Cup Ad

May 10th, 2010 | by: chris |

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Given that everything’s so media-driven and technology so evolved, this World Cup has the potential to be the best of the lot in terms of ads – and it’s always brilliant for ads anyway. It’s like the Super Bowl, but for a month. ESPN’s already gotten into the act and Visa would like you to run all the way to South Africa to use their credit card, and now BBC’s has followed suit.

It is, in a few words, a colorfully brilliant representation of what you can expect to see this summer – not just on the pitch. After the jump…

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http://www.worldcupblog.org Daryl

“It’s like the Super Bowl, but for a month.”

If there was a “Describe the World Cup to a US audience in nine words” competition, that sentence would win.
Icegaze

Impressive.
Seth

That lion fight @ 0:21 looks epic.
Sami

Finally , something apart from terrorism , good video.
John

Now that Seth pointed it out…what the hell does that have to with football? I know it’s in Africa and all but…most random clip in the commercial
Edmund

The super bowl is one millionth of the World Cup. This is the greatest sporting event in the world we’re talking about!!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Nick-Pirce/100000088233919 Nick Pirce

good ad for bbc