The case study described BT Sport's launch campaign and the role that newsbrands played in amplifying the message, allowing the brand to deliver a “highly targeted, highly tailored message to an highly engaged audience”.
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The £100 million gamble that paid off
1. The £100 million
gamble that paid off
#shift2015
Graeme Adams
general manager, media
BT
Jon Wilson
managing partner
Maxus
Steve Hopkins
strategy partner
AMV BBDO
Case study:
15. Credibility in sports broadcasting is
gained from people knowing you have
good content and that you will present
that content in a way that does justice to
the importance of it in their lives
The Insight
27. 1992:
Sky acquire rights
to broadcast the
newly-formed
Premier League
1993:
First Premier league match
between Nottingham Forrest vs.
Liverpool broadcast on Sky
1998:
Manchester United
launched MUTV
(first channel
dedicated to
specific club in UK)
1999:
ITV acquire exclusive
rights to broadcast
Champions League
2002:
ITV and Sky share
rights for CL
coverage
2007:
Setanta broadcasts its
first live Premier
League match
2009:
BBC acquire
Championship and
Carling Cup broadcast
rights
EUFA Europa League
launched and
broadcast by Five, ITV
and ESPN
2009:
ESPN gain Premier
League rights
2010:
First match
broadcast in 3D
on Sky
2013:
Launch of BT Sport
BT Sport entered an evolving
and competitive category
28. Last day of the
12/13 Premier
League season
2013 FA Cup
Final
2013
Champions
League
Final
13/14 Community
Shield
First day of the
13/14 Premier
League season
Our launch activity focused on key matchdays
The role of creative was to create a sense that BT Sport made BT worth sticking with to
Not easy in a big, aggressive category where clear cost savings could be made from a switch
History had taught consumers that the secondary provider of sport to Sky wasn’t great
Second rate coverage
Of second rate fixtures
A brand with no sports credentials
And very little association with entertainment
All in all, how good can this new BT Sport really be?
Once we started talking to consumers about the assets we’d acquired…
38 BPL games including half of the top pick fixtures
Together with other leagues from around the world
And all of the Aviva Premiership rugby
Together with the assets we were creating…
Brand new state of the art studio at the Olympic Park
Top line ups of anchors, ambassadors & pundits
Credibility began to form
And attitudes began to change
It was clear that we needed to communicate both what we had and how we were going to treat it?
Credibility comes from delivering on both the content and the context
Our creative territory builds credibility by showcasing the premium quality of our content from within the exciting, new hi-tech, hi-talent world that has been created by BT Sport