There is a new television channel called ‘Neo TV’. Does this belong to BCCI? It is so stupid that makes one feel that it MUST belong to BCCI. There was an advertisement, that caught my attention. A west indian (No, not a Maharashtrian or Gujju couple) on a boat. The boatman is an Indian. Suddenly the boatman will get up, and strip. In lieu with Indian culure, they don’t show the stripping(thankfully!). And that fellow will jump into water and swim away, leaving the couple stranded. Then a caption is displayed ‘It is tough beating a West Indian in India’. And then, the advertisement for India-West Indian series! Nonsense!
Why is that all cricket related ads are dumb? Let it be that blue billion thing or this one! Now what will be the ad for India-Srilanka series? Leave a Srilankan couple stranded on an elephant?
on 21 Jan 2007 at 3:01 pm # ganeshram
That was creative i love that ad
on 21 Jan 2007 at 6:00 pm # Maverick
Wasn’t it ‘It is tough BEING a West Indian in India’ ??
on 21 Jan 2007 at 6:04 pm # Maverick
Neo TV is from Nimbus Television who bagged the cricket telecast rights from BCCI for the next 4 years for a whopping Rs.2500 crores!!!!
I doubt if they would recover this money in the next 4 years when they have 23 tests and 56 ODIs being played here. Having spent that colossal amount of money in getting the rights, I wish they spent a little for the coverage quality. The match coverage today was pathetic. It would be an understatement if I say that the stats package, the graphics, the scorebaord design were average.
on 22 Jan 2007 at 10:48 am # jm
Stupidest advertisement! in very poor taste!
on 22 Jan 2007 at 3:10 pm # madrasfella
out of topic:
hi prabhu,
did u attend the annual tughlak meeting. it was really good. wat guts that fellow has,yappa !!!!