This promo ran across the BBC during Christmas 2005 promoting the 6 BBC channels available by converting to Freeview.(Digital Terrestrial TV) The advert drew complaints from viewers because of the imagery of floating heads in a landscape and was taken off air. For more examples of Pay TV and Digital TV marketing, visit www.paymedia.co.uk
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THIS IS SCARY!
THIS IS SCARY!
Wait this was taken …
Wait this was taken off because of floating heads? Surely this is a joke? This is Political correctness gone mad! This is exactly why I moved to Australia
Disembodied heads? …
Disembodied heads? Scares the out of me.
doesnt bother me …
doesnt bother me but I can see how it might disturb some poeple.
yes it is!!!
yes it is!!!
Charlie Brooker had …
Charlie Brooker had a brilliant comment about this. He said it was the sort of thing you’d expect to see while fighting off a fever in a hot and airless room.
what the hell!! …
what the hell!! this is not creepy at all i cant believe people complained, I’ve seen much worse on telly what saddos
Who came up with …
Who came up with the idea of floating heads at Christmas? That person needs to get help anyway, lol!
Is this what were …
Is this what were paying our Licence fee for?
it looks like …
it looks like someone with a disease on their face. freaky as hell. idiots at the bbc shud be sacked for wasting our money on this shit.
Yeah, it’s creepy, …
Yeah, it’s creepy, but there are much creepier ads.
once you have seen …
once you have seen this theres no going back, psychotic advert jabbering on about how wonderful freeview is. I for one and no longer going to pay my license fee.
I think it’s a …
I think it’s a horrible advert.
scary I think not!
scary I think not!
72 is 1972, my …
72 is 1972, my birth year.
I guess as a 72 …
I guess as a 72 year old, complaining is the highlight of your day
faggot.
faggot.
No, YOU’RE the …
No, YOU’RE the here.
Fuck you.
you.
Well, it DID get …
Well, it DID get banned, so get used to it. I myself complained as soon as I saw it. It was DISGUSTING!!!!!!!!!!!!
if someone had a …
if someone had a nervous breakdown cos of this advert they deserve to be shot.
It wasn’t “banned” …
It wasn’t “banned” it was pulled. If the advert is scaring small children and parents are unhappy, then the BBC would have no choice but to stop running the advert. There’s no “banned” about it.
haha as if it got …
haha as if it got banned, i was like OMG WOW thats well cool….
banned cus loadsa …
banned cus loadsa people complained that the strange faces scared em 2 much, gave ppl nervous breakdown Ect.