Confirmation of Super Bowl TV ads

[affa]

Can we please give Ron Paul some credit that if he decides to run an ad during the Superbowl that he KNOWS that Superbowl ads require finesse?

Everybody knows Superbowl ads are a big deal.

 

[SteveMartin]

3 pages...what's that, 30 posts? None over 200 words.

Reading won't hurt you. It can even be therapeutic.

 

[NoPants]

This one needs consideration:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGN5G22koFc&feature=user

I know...my opinion and a buck might buy a cup of coffee....but I thought it to be a Good One !! !!

That's 4 minutes long. That would cost $21 million to show at the superbowl!

 

[bobo37]

I looked at a list of buyers on a website and no campaigns where listed BUT that doesn't mean that this site was totaly accurate. It was hard to find anything about who bought ads.

I hope they did by an ad as it would have a huge ripple effect of people talking about it (assuming it was a good ad)

 

[homah]

I don't believe I'll be seeing a Ron Paul commercial during pre-game or the game. Anybody else not buying this?

 

[Molly1]

Now let's hope they are good ads!

 

[mikeInAZ]

That's 4 minutes long. That would cost $21 million to show at the superbowl!

Not to mention it's a bunch of pages from a high school history book panning in and out. That'll grab their attention.

 

[SteveMartin]

Again, all that has been confirmed is Super Bowl ads IN NORTHERN MAINE. The potential exists that they are buying ads ONLY IN SELECT LOCAL networks through local buys on select Fox affiliates. AGAIN we have confirmation at this point ONLY of a buy for northern Maine, although I was told the rest of Maine is having TV buys too. When those will play, I don't know.

 

[SaratogaForRonPaul]

It looks like the campaign is buying the local affiliate ad slots, not the national ad slots. These slots tend to be later in the game and will be in key Super Tuesday states.

 

[tsetsefly]

I can't give you anymore details, so please don't ask, but I just got off the phone with our local FOX affiliate and learned we have purchased two spots in the pre-game and one within the game itself.

I do NOT know if they are buying from all affiliates, or just targeting certain states, but Maine will be having Ron Paul Super Bowl parties!

THIS COULD BE HUGE if the buy was nationwide enough!

VERY GOOD NEWS FOR A CHANGE!!!

interesting,didnt you also say the billionaire would reveal himself like 2 days ago?

 

[SteveMartin]

No tsetse, you troll. I did not. You don't read very well.

And don't you ever threaten me again with that "we know where he lives" crap.

If you do, you'd better have a better scope than me.

 

[AlabamaWildMan]

That's 4 minutes long. That would cost $21 million to show at the superbowl!

I know.....too long to run the whole thing.
But it was a 'Good One' and the theme could be used.


...or so I thought.


I'll go and sit in the corner.....again....

 

[phixion]

Steve, you're beginning to sound more like George by the day.

Where is the sense in even revealing this information. It's delicate if it is true and crucial no-one, especially other campaigns, get a sniff of it.

Pete

 

[itsnobody]

WOw any more information?

 

[SteveMartin]

We all needed some GOOD news for a change. People need to see the national HQ being proactive.

 

[phixion]

We all needed some GOOD news for a change. People need to see the national HQ being proactive.

"There may be ads for beer, cars and computers on the Super Bowl, but there won’t be any for presidential candidates.

Fox has put an end to speculation that one or more of the presidential candidates might use the highest-rated TV broadcast of the year to air a national campaign spot two days before more than 20 states hold presidential primary and caucus votes.

While no candidate has yet requested time, the network has declared it won’t sell Super Bowl spots to their campaigns.

The reasons: The show is sold out and equal opportunities couldn’t be provided to all candidates, even if some additional time could be found for one to buy in.

Fox is saying it will comply with Federal Communications Commission rules.

“We comply with all legal requirements when it comes to selling time to candidates, including any requirements that might apply to a unique broadcast like the Super Bowl,” the network said.

Sources close to the situation said that because ad time in the Super Bowl is essentially sold out, Fox will choose to not sell time to a candidate, citing an FCC ruling that a network can reasonably refuse to sell political time in “unique, one-time-only” broadcasts where equal ad time can’t be offered to all candidates.

In a decision in another case, the FCC said, “Although a candidate for federal office is entitled … to varied broadcast times, such a candidate is not entitled to a particular placement of his or her political announcement on [a] station’s broadcast schedule.”

Speculation about the presidential candidates buying into the game sprang from the unusual timing of this year’s game on Feb. 3, two days before Super Tuesday.

Though Fox is asking between $2.6 million and $3 million for Super Bowl spots—a pretty high price for any commercial, let alone a political spot—some political experts and media watchers had suggested that a buy might be worth it because of the buzz and publicity a candidate could generate.

“If I were Mitt Romney, I would buy a Super Bowl spot, which would be two days before Super Tuesday, produce something very creative and get tons of free press out of it,” said Matthew Dowd, a political consultant, before Fox’s stance was discovered. “No campaign has done that before.”

Evan Tracey, chief operating officer of TNSI Media Intelligence’s Campaign Media Analysis Group, which tracks campaign ad spending, had suggested a Super Bowl spot could help to motivate supporters, with parties to watch the game and a half-time “get out there and fight” call from the candidate. Mr. Tracey said he had heard rumors that some campaign staffs were looking at the possibility.

The Super Bowl, which airs Feb. 3, pits the undefeated New England Patriots against the New York Giants."​

What does this mean for the supposed confirmed adverts placed with the Fox affiliate?

Source: http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/01/fox_wont_sell_super_bowl_ads_t.php

Pete

 

[thomaseusin]

wouldn't it be wiser to get tv ads in Maine before the Super Bowl (ie, before the Maine Caucuses).

Large funds for a few ads during the Super Bowl which is after the caucus, or use that money for many ads before the caucus..

Choices.. choices..

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[Jae0]

bump

 

[McDermit]

interesting

 

[Basilieus]

The entire halftime show should be nothing but Ron Paul supporters covering the field chanting RON PAUL and then Ron Paul walks out from the trap door on the stage to fireworks and he gives the greatest speech in the history of mankind. Or personkind...whatever.

And he shows his tit.


Oh wait.. what?