According to AdAge.com, Pepsi-Cola Co. has purchased 2.5 minutes of airtime in The Super Bowl on Sunday, February 6, 2005. The company is currently shooting work that will focus on corporate branding in addition to spots for Diet Pepsi and a Pepsi/iTunes promotion. Ad agency BBDO, New York, is handling creative for corporate Pepsi branding; TBWA, Playa del Rey, which is Apple’s ad agency, are handling creative for Pepsi/iTunes.
This agency information matches with AdAge’s mid-summer report, “Five months after BBDO launched the Pepsi iTunes promotion on the Super Bowl, TBWAChiatDay’s Southern California office is getting a crack at the assignment, landing the estimated $15-20 million business without a review, sources said last week,” Kathleen Sampey reported for AdWeek. “The effort, slated to break during the game next year, will run through the spring. Sources said the reason for the switch to Omnicom Group’s TBWACD in Playa del Rey, Calif., was that Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs wanted the Apple agency to do the work so he could have more of a say in its creation… BBDO has handled the Pepsi brand since 1964.,” Sampey reported.
Full article, “WHO’S BUYING WHAT AT THE SUPER BOWL” here.
Related MacDailyNews articles:
Apple and Pepsi announce iTunes Music giveaway, promotion runs January 31 – April 30, 2005 – January 18, 2005
Another Apple iTunes Pepsi Promotion coming soon? – January 17, 2005
Apple to give Pepsi iTunes promo another try at upcoming Super Bowl? – July 28, 2004
Pepsi’s Apple iTunes promo nightmare, 5 million songs redeemed total; included in 70 million songs total – April 28, 2004
USC student trashes 2,500 iTunes-Pepsi bottles, redeems winning caps, enjoys a Diet Coke – April 16, 2004
Pepsi iTunes bottle caps take longer to get into stores than expected – March 04, 2004
Are Pepsi iTunes caps available in your area? – February 09, 2004
A Coke drinker’s forced migration to Pepsi in quest of free Apple iTunes– February 04, 2004
The Register: Pepsi iTunes ad ‘likely to go down in history as one of the greatest public relations disasters in history’ – February 02, 2004
Pepsi’s iTunes ad places near bottom of Super Bowl Ad Meter list – February 02, 2004
Pepsi’s iTunes Super Bowl commercial available here via QuickTime – January 30, 2004
Analyst: Pepsi iTunes campaign will generate sales of ‘5-10 million songs per week by summer, or 200 million for the year’ – January 29, 2004
Somebody’s selling a whole lot of sugared water on Apple.com – January 28, 2004
I’m kinda new at this…
Ummm, first post?
Besides that, I sure hope the ad campaign this year is far better than last years 60 seconds of hip youngsters shouting to be criminals.
I can picture it now… rather than throwing a sledgehammer at Big Brother, why not throw a Pepsi bottle with a yellow cap at a big screen with all the other online music competitors? Hmmm… they’re not that big though…
Love itunes, don’t like Pepsi, sorry Coke is it!
The ad could be 60 seconds of Uncle Fester with a harmonica and be more effective than last year’s.
Good for Steve!!!
There is nothing like having a vision, and Steve J. has it!
I bought tons of pepsi this year and since MD code red is in the qualifications for yello caps, I will be getting a lot more soda
“Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs wanted the Apple agency to do the work so he could have more of a say in its creation… BBDO has handled the Pepsi brand since 1964”
This is kind of full circle for Steve J. Now he’s selling sugar water!
I don’t know if a pop princess is involved but the best thing for covering up ‘accidentally exposed’ nipples…
…scroll wheels.
LAST YEARS STORY IS NOT THE AD (not yelling-just highlighting)….rather the time it took to get one of the bottles in Los Angeles and in my area of the valley. I had less than one week before the bottles expired!!!! Then the damn thing was over. I did get seven songs? So the problem was Pespi blew the promotion by taking soooooooo long. We even had people email each other to find those things and no one could find it until the last week.
NOTE TO PEPSI: SEND THE BOTTLES OUT FAST!!!!!!! DAMN FAST!!!!!!!!
Oh, I did drink Coke for as long as I can remember………now I drink Pepsi?! It does work.
Good. I am glad that Steve has more say in the ad. The one last year sucked. The people who Pepsi had make that ad just didn’t “get it”.
Apple ads are always entertaining. Even the “Lemmings” superbowl ad which went over like a lead balloon was at least very entertaining to watch.
Will this also be available abroad this time?! Would be nice!
Although… I have not bought any soda this year so far. Can’t they put some free songs with coffee instead?
Does anyone know of a video archive where I can download old Apple ads?
Loki, Try here…
http://www.esm.psu.edu/Faculty/Gray/movies.html
bd,
Many thanks!!!