Even before the first game, American football fans across the US get together to draft their ultimate fantasy football teams. In fact, fantasy football participation has grown 40 percent in the past year alone. And just in time for kickoff, Pizza Hut has signed on as the official pizza sponsor of ESPN Fantasy Football, helping […]
Just in time for NFL Kickoff, Bud Light – the Official Beer of the NFL – is introducing 28 new team-specific cans. Bud Light worked closely with its 28 NFL team partners to create the new team can designs for the 2015-2016 season. Each design features a customized scroll message that speaks directly to each […]
Confectionary brand Skittles has become the latest entrant to America’s annual on-air gladiatorial battle of the brands, sandwiched within some football, with its first ever commercial at the Super Bowl. Devised by DDB Chicago the piece depicted life in a small American town where residents have developed an elaborate series of arm wrestling competitions in […]
Newcastle Brown Ale has joined forces with 37 other brands for the Super Bowl, cramming them all into a tongue-cheek advert that pokes fun at the hype surrounding advertisers’ efforts to exploit the popular event. Instead of shelling out millions of dollars on an ad for next month’s game, the brewer has ingeniously convinced 37 […]
Ahead of running during the all important Super Bowl slot next week, Bud Light and EnergyBBDO have aired the brand’s specially made for real-life Pacman game advert which has generated many headlines well in advance. The advert that aims to generate excitement and energy similar to that experienced during the big football game, and it’s […]
Crowdfunding has produced everything from limited-edition records and books to T-shirts, health products and drone technology. To date, though, crowdfunding hasn’t cracked the biggest advertising stage in the world: that big American football game in February. The brand geniuses at Newcastle Brown Ale, who made their great beer famous during last year’s Big Game season, […]
Newcastle Brown Ale tried but failed to sneak an ad into this year’s Super Bowl after entering a thinly disguised spot for its beer into Doritos’ Crash the Super Bowl user-generated ad competition. The irreverent beer brand has posted the deliberately clunky ad online after it failed to make the grade for Doritos’ Crash the […]
Super Bowl XLIX just got awesomer: The Skittles brand announced that it will be airing its first-ever Super Bowl ad, and it will be celebrating its first official inclusion in The Big Game in a variety of unexpected ways in the weeks leading up to the Feb. 1 kickoff. As an official sponsor of the NFL, Skittles […]
The road to the Super Bowl includes a new stop this year: the kitchens of the world’s most distinguished culinary college. PepsiCo announced “Game Day Grub Match,” a culinary competition in which student chefs from The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) will compete to create the ultimate Super Bowl party dish. The competition kicks off […]
As the exclusive category advertiser for Super Bowl XLIX, Anheuser-Busch announced it will feature three ads spotlighting two marquee brands during the NBC broadcast on Sunday, Feb. 1. Budweiser and Bud Light will represent Anheuser-Busch with new creative. “The mass appeal of the Super Bowl presents an unparalleled platform to launch 360-degree campaigns that ultimately […]