Sunday, October 14, 2012

Sunday Night Football Intro


Primetime sporting events always have tons of people viewing them so advertising during them is very popular. You can guarantee that people are tuning in so TV ads during the game are at a premium. Just before the game though is a great time to advertise. Something I hadn’t notice or thought much about are the advertising opportunities during the intro. This video is of the opening for Sunday Night Football on NBC.

 

This intro does a great job of getting a catchy unique song that sticks in your head. This is important because unlike most ads this one is only shown once during the week and doesn’t get remembered brain though constant play. They also do a terrific job of attaching faces of NFL players and other celebrities to help make a deeper connection between the audience and the programming. There is also a lot of advertising done for other products during this intro. NBC uses this as an opportunity to pitch one of its other shows. They also have advertising from completely other products such as Verizon and NFL Red Zone.

I think this Sunday Night Football intro is great and uses a lot of different strategies to advertise for a lot of different products. This is a very successful use of TV time before a large audience.   

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