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Sporting Event Featuring Commercials

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the its-that-time-of-year-again dept.

Yes folks some sort of sporting event is occuring later today. Super something or other. And while I don't know what teams are playing, I believe that trailers for X-Men 2, and the first Matrix sequel are both supposed to air during the 2 million dollar 30 second ad spots. So this time around, you can tivo in reverse!

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  1. Special Request by kryonD · · Score: 5, Interesting

    For those of us in the military overseas, we will be watching the game on the Armed Forces Network (AFN). Due to a variety of issues, no commercials are aired on AFN which means we miss out on what could potentially be the more entertaining part of the game.

    If someone with a really kind heart could encode the commercials and post them on the internet, we would be very appreciative. Last year wasn't so bad as we do get Fox, although tape delayed by two weeks, so we could watch the commercials when it re-aired. This year, there will be no avenue for us to see the game as we would in America.

    Thanks in advance.

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  2. last year's superbowl by dubiousmike · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Ther is an article about Tivo releasing commercial viewing habits from last year's superbowl. Though the winning kick by the Patriots was the most Replayed event, The ritney commercial cam in second. In fact a number of comercials were Replayed by more viewers than any other actual part of the game, including an amazing trick play.

    This is a perfect example of additional creativity in the production of commercials resulting in great ratings and even repeat viewings.

    I know I can watch the Bud Light commercial with the two chicks wrestling in water and then mud every single time it comes on. :P

  3. Re:Mind you, the game will be good! by SonicBurst · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Actually, I saw a blurb on fark.com the other day mentioning that someone set a Raiders vs. Bucs game in Gameday 2003 on a PS2, and (I'm assuming both teams were computer played) the computer predicted a 28-8 Bucs victory.

    The scary part is that in the previous 7 times they've done this, they were right every time! Which thoroughly sucks for us Raiders fans! Go Raiders!

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  4. Websites for Ads by kilonad · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Does anybody know of any websites that will be hosting copies of the superbowl ads? In years past, I've relied on AdCritic.com, but it seems they now require you to sign up for a $70/year subscription just to watch ads. They don't even have a cheaper monthly subscription, nor do I really want to pay to watch ads in the first place.

    So, any sites?