Zatz’s Not Funny found two TiVo ads running in the wild. The first is a TV spot that goes after the married crowd with the Kidzone pitch and the second is a radio spot of Christmas carolers singing the praises of TiVo. The video spot isn’t half bad, although not really tailored to my particular demographic, but the radio ad is absolutley brutal. They end it with their “remember it’s not TiVo, unless it’s a TiVo” slogan, but frankly they should have ended it with remember if you had TiVo you could have fast fowarded through this ad and it would have been much more effective. Thank goodness that technology has made radio obsolete in my lifestyle because if I had to hear the radio ad over and over again I’d probably try to drive a candy cane through my eye just to make it stop.
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#1 by Dave Zatz on December 20, 2006 - 7:03 am
The first time I heard it the ad was cute, but hearing it daily on my commute home did get old. Maybe I should reactivate that XM subscription.
#2 by Davis Freeberg on December 20, 2006 - 7:18 am
Radio ads like these are exactly what drove me away from radio. Pretty much everything is mp3 now or streaming straight off the internet. XM might make sense if they actually let you download podcasts instead of insisting on scheduled radio to hear certain programs.
#3 by junger on December 21, 2006 - 5:38 am
Where can I get a dancing TiVo?