23rd April 2010Samsung to launch £8m 3D TV ad campaign
By Monday, Samsung's brand new 3D TVs will have hit the shops, making them the very first 3D TV sets available on the UK's high street and kicking off what many have already dubbed "3D summer" .
To coincide with this release, Samsung is launching an £8m advertising campaign, combining TV, press, outdoor and online advertising over a three-month period. It will begin with advert below, due to receive its broadcast premiere the very next day during the Champion's League semi-final on ITV1.
Created by the ad agency CHI and masterminded by the electronics manufacturer's marketing director, Mikah Martin-Cruz, the advert "took eight months to produce, required 81 crew members and used 1,256 TV sets to create effects including a three-storey-high cat and what appears to be South America's Iguazu Falls plunging into a city centre".
"The campaign really captures the spirit of 3D TV and brings to life the amazing experience the technology can deliver," said Martin-Cruz. "The launch of the first 3D TV in the UK is such a culturally significant event, we needed to do it justice with a visually exciting campaign that captures the audience's imagination and feel we have done exactly that."
Take a look and see what you think.





