-By Mike Beirne
Samsung Electronics America is flexing its status as provider of
the "Official HDTV of the NFL" by inviting fans to share their
rituals and experiences of watching pro football through its new
campaign, "That's How I See It."
Throughout the season, a mobile studio will tour NFL cities and
stadiums, starting with New York on Sept. 4, to record fans talking
about pregame rites and defining moments of their football watching
history.
Beginning next month, visitors to Samsung.com/HowISeeIt can also
create their own clips. From Nov. 20 through Jan. 4, select videos
will be posted on NFL.com/SuperAd. Fans can vote for their favorite
and one video will air as a commercial during NBC's pregame
coverage of Super Bowl XLIII on Feb. 1.
The campaign will be supported by TV spots, created by Leo Burnett,
Chicago, featuring characters like Ted, an 11-time fantasy football
champ who watches games on three Samsung TVs at once. Another shows
a father who shares a game day rite of passage by relinquishing the
remote control to his son as they watch their favorite team
together.
Samsung.com/HowISeeIt will also allow visitors to click on advice
from celebrities and players about how to select an HDTV. Once
they've made their choice, they can recruit figures like Regis
Philbin, Alice Cooper or several NFL players to contact a spouse or
friend with a prerecorded pitch about the virtues of a Samsung
HDTV.
Samsung, also provider of the "Official Home Theater of the NFL,"
has been a league sponsor since the 2005 season. Last year, the
league selected Samsung HDTVs to be installed in all stadiums as
part of the league's HDTV upgrade.
Samsung spent $113.8 million on U.S. media last year (not including
online), per Nielsen Monitor-Plus.
Samsung Asks Fans to Create Pregame Super Bowl Spot
Aug 28, 2008
-By Mike Beirne
Samsung Electronics America is flexing its status as provider of the "Official HDTV of the NFL" by inviting fans to share their rituals and experiences of watching pro football through its new campaign, "That's How I See It."
Throughout the season, a mobile studio will tour NFL cities and stadiums, starting with New York on Sept. 4, to record fans talking about pregame rites and defining moments of their football watching history.
Beginning next month, visitors to Samsung.com/HowISeeIt can also create their own clips. From Nov. 20 through Jan. 4, select videos will be posted on NFL.com/SuperAd. Fans can vote for their favorite and one video will air as a commercial during NBC's pregame coverage of Super Bowl XLIII on Feb. 1.
The campaign will be supported by TV spots, created by Leo Burnett, Chicago, featuring characters like Ted, an 11-time fantasy football champ who watches games on three Samsung TVs at once. Another shows a father who shares a game day rite of passage by relinquishing the remote control to his son as they watch their favorite team together.
Samsung.com/HowISeeIt will also allow visitors to click on advice from celebrities and players about how to select an HDTV. Once they've made their choice, they can recruit figures like Regis Philbin, Alice Cooper or several NFL players to contact a spouse or friend with a prerecorded pitch about the virtues of a Samsung HDTV.
Samsung, also provider of the "Official Home Theater of the NFL," has been a league sponsor since the 2005 season. Last year, the league selected Samsung HDTVs to be installed in all stadiums as part of the league's HDTV upgrade.
Samsung spent $113.8 million on U.S. media last year (not including online), per Nielsen Monitor-Plus.