80s and 90s TV commercials

Not much has changed in the world of TV advertising. Close your eyes for a moment while watching this compilation – sounds a lot like TV in 2009, doesn’t it?

More videos in the Commercial Vault on YouTube

Via Triblle Agency

May 2009

Scrabble – 60th birthday

On December 18^th, 2009, Scrabble celebrated it’s 60^th birthday. Ogilvy Paris came up with these fun ads to celebrate and broaden the appeal of the game. And they got it right – every time we play at home, we giggle at stories that could be written using words on the board. 

April 2009

Adobe to bring Flash to TV

Something that I (and everyone else in the industry) saw coming – bridging of the gap between online and traditional TV content.

On Monday, Adobe’s chief executive, Shantanu Narayen, will announce at the annual National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas that Adobe is extending Flash to the television screen. He expects TVs and set-top boxes that support the Flash format to start selling later this year.

For consumers, what sounds like a bit of inconsequential Internet plumbing actually means that a long overhyped notion is a step closer to reality: viewing a video clip or Internet application on a TV or mobile phone.

Read the rest on NYT and more on BBC

April 2009

WWF Canada: Bigger problem

A beatiful spot shot by Woods + Low and DraftFCB of Toronto highlighting the story behind “green” products that end up on our store shelves.

January 2009